The Handy Book of Artistic Printing (& Giveaway)

Posted on 07.13.09 by Jaime in News & Events

The Handy Book of Artistic Printing (& Giveaway)

Princeton Architectural Press never ceases to amaze me with their new book releases. For instance, The Handy Book of Artistic PrintingThe Handy Book of Artistic Printing (& Giveaway), by Doug Clouse and Angela Voulangas, is a book dedicated to the wonderful world of artsy embellishments. In fact, the book’s subtitle is “A Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy”.

The authors explore the style’s origins in the British Aesthetic Movement and analyze its distinctive features: idiosyncratic color harmonies, eclectic choice of type and ornament, compartmentalized compositional strategies. They also present a landmark portfolio of letterpress printing samples, drawn from some of the most important public and private print archives. More than 150 examples of period ephemera, printers’ own tour de force promotional pieces, and specimens of type and ornament are reproduced, many for the very first time since their initial circulation more than a century ago.

The Handy Book of Artistic PrintingThe Handy Book of Artistic Printing (& Giveaway) celebrates a previously berated and today largely forgotten episode of design history—one of increasing interest in light of the recent embrace of ornament by some leading contemporary designers. This book will be of value to graphic designers, but also to fine artists, visual merchandisers, and collectors of ephemera everywhere.

The Handy Book of Artistic Printing (& Giveaway)

I’m going to give one copy away to a lucky reader!

Rules: Comment on this post. One comment per person. Contest runs from July 13, 2009 – July 17, 2009. We will choose a winner at random.

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240 Comments

  1. mary on 07.13.09 at 1:43 PM

    me!

  2. brittany fay on 07.13.09 at 1:48 PM

    Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. PLease. Please. Please. Please. PLease. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. PLease. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. PLease. Please. i love design milk.

  3. Natalia on 07.13.09 at 2:02 PM

    Nice!

  4. Marcelo P. on 07.13.09 at 2:14 PM

    Fantastic.
    I want that!

  5. Francesco Bagni on 07.13.09 at 2:20 PM

    wonderful book. i hope you can ship to italy as well… ;P

  6. O. on 07.13.09 at 2:21 PM

    Love ornamentation, what a sweet book~

  7. Luka on 07.13.09 at 2:32 PM

    Looks very interesting!

  8. OJ on 07.13.09 at 3:02 PM

    AMAZING… me want.

  9. James Beard on 07.13.09 at 3:12 PM

    I could use a copy for my letterpress shop ^_^

  10. fosin on 07.13.09 at 3:12 PM

    cool

  11. Michela on 07.13.09 at 3:20 PM

    oh! lovelovelove! I’m always looking for and collection graphic ornaments for my work. This is perfect.

  12. Sarah on 07.13.09 at 3:27 PM

    Great inspiration book!

  13. Christian on 07.13.09 at 3:39 PM

    I’d love a copy of that. Good find.

  14. Pinar G. on 07.13.09 at 3:50 PM

    i hope, i’m the lucky one :)

  16. Azusa on 07.13.09 at 4:19 PM

    Beautiful! Hope I get lucky…

  17. Blude on 07.13.09 at 4:22 PM

    I’d randomly like to get this book :)

  18. Sami on 07.13.09 at 4:31 PM

    Seems worthy to my treasure collection ;) .

  19. K on 07.13.09 at 4:32 PM

    My Kingdom for this book!

  20. gfrank on 07.13.09 at 4:42 PM

    fantastic

  21. Mirabelle on 07.13.09 at 4:47 PM

    very cool (fingers crossed)

  22. Dandansama on 07.13.09 at 4:56 PM

    Amazing! DO WANT!!

  23. Allison B on 07.13.09 at 5:05 PM

    I’ve been wanting to do letterpress wedding invitations but haven’t found quite what I’m looking for. This book look helpful.

  24. Bobbie Crawford-McCoy on 07.13.09 at 5:07 PM

    Hi All,

    I came across your site while cruising the web. I would LOVE to be entered into the giveaway for a copy of ‘The Handy Book of Artistic Printing’ by Doug Clouse and Angela Voulangas. If the cover design is any indication of the content inside, it would be a delightful book to read and enjoy.
    Thanks a bunch for hosting this nifty Book Giveaway! :)

    -Bobbie
    (Book Reviews By Bobbie

  25. helen thomson on 07.13.09 at 5:17 PM

    What a lovely contest and fab prize.I collect books and would definately love to add this one to my collection.Lets remember this forgotten piece of design history.Helen

  26. Amber on 07.13.09 at 5:23 PM

    I want that book!!!

  27. Sara on 07.13.09 at 5:34 PM

    Mmmm, book. MMMMM, freebook!

  28. Mike Dohrn on 07.13.09 at 6:29 PM

    Ooooohhh!!! It’s so beautiful! I’m a fledgling graphic designer and traditional methods like this are exactly where I’m going with my style!

    Thank you for giving away the book, and I LOVE DESIGN MILK!!! You show me beautiful things. :)

  29. Angie ONeal on 07.13.09 at 6:45 PM

    *raises hand for contest entry*

  30. erica Bresler on 07.13.09 at 6:57 PM

    this book looks fabulous. i just ordered a copy for the library i work at.

  32. Michelle on 07.13.09 at 7:02 PM

    ah! I’m a second year graphic design major with concentrations on book arts and print making. This book sounds like it would be my bible!

  33. Jason on 07.13.09 at 7:15 PM

    This book is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Beautiful!

  34. April on 07.13.09 at 7:35 PM

    I would love to win!

  35. Morgan M. on 07.13.09 at 8:01 PM

    That book looks rad. I love learning about the history of design!!

  37. Denise on 07.13.09 at 9:17 PM

    just the cover makes me drool…. haha
    great giveaway.

  38. Debra James Percival on 07.13.09 at 10:43 PM

    If you can judge a book by it cover, this most be a great book. I look forward to finding out more about it. Thanks for blogging about it.

  39. Amber on 07.13.09 at 11:32 PM

    I want. I WANT!!!!!!

  40. anntastic on 07.13.09 at 11:49 PM

    oooohhh neat.

  42. Chelsey Barnes on 07.14.09 at 12:08 AM

    OH MY GOODNESS! I work at a sign company and we do a TON of hand painted sign-themed signs and I am in LOVE with this right now…need it…terribly…oh please!

  43. The Dingbat (Adrienne) on 07.14.09 at 12:17 AM

    Pick Me, random picker! I so need this book to add to my library!

  44. Amit on 07.14.09 at 1:22 AM

    Great book. Will make a great gift for my designer sister.

  45. maggie p on 07.14.09 at 1:25 AM

    so pretty… i would love to own one!

  46. Adi on 07.14.09 at 1:40 AM

    I look like Homer Simpson right now .. mmmm.. letterpress… blerghhghhhhhh…

  47. Miya on 07.14.09 at 1:58 AM

    This looks fantastic. Am always excited when new archival material is published.

  48. Drew on 07.14.09 at 7:49 AM

    I love books of interesting print ornaments.

  49. Gina on 07.14.09 at 10:45 AM

    I wish we could bring “artistic” ornamentation back into our modern design.

  50. Gina on 07.14.09 at 10:46 AM

    I wish we could bring back “artistic” ornamentation back into our modern design.

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