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July 5, 2018
Collections Publishing

This Just In: Jennifer Morla

The AIGA Medalist, AGI Member, and National Design Award Recipient donates her archive.

Left to Right: AIGA for SFMOMA Lecture Series; Morla Design Lecture for AIGA Los Angeles (cropped); Environmental Poster for AIGA.

June 26, 2018
Collections

This Just In: Amos Kennedy Jr.

We’re honored to share the wit and wisdom of the humble but powerful provocateur. Dozens of his prints are now at the Archive.

Left to Right: Someone Died for Your Right to Vote...; Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand...; Everyday I Dream of Black Freedom and Pride — Left to Right: Someone Died for Your Right to Vote…; Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand…; Fresh Food for the People.

June 13, 2018
Collections

From the Collection: Blissymbolics

If the “Father of Semantography” had his way with written language, we’d all be #blissed.

Books from the reference library of Aaron Marcus and Associates:
Blissymbols for Use, Barbara Hehner, Blissymbols Communication Institute, Ontario, 1980. Design: Jack Steiner. Illustrations: Alan Daniel. Symbol Drawings: Jim Grice.
The Book to the Film ‘Mr. Symbol Man’, Charles K. Bliss with contributions by Shirley McNaughton, Semantography-Blissymbolics Publications, 1975.

June 11, 2018
Education

Introducing Type West at Letterform Archive

We’re thrilled to announce our new postgraduate certificate in typeface design.

After two successful years of Type@Cooper West, in partnership with the Continuing Education Department of The Cooper Union in New York, Letterform Archive is launching Type West, a new, independent program taught by innovators in the craft and supported by the Archive’s world-class collection of type and graphic design.