Research Catalog

Title

The art of typewriting : with over 570 illustrations / Marvin and Ruth Sackner.

Author

Sackner, Marvin A., 1932-2020

Publication

• London : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
• ©2015

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Additional Authors

• Sackner, Ruth
• Heller, Steven
• Maeda, John
• Flamm, Eugene S.

Description

351 pages : illustrations (some color); 33 cm

Summary

The beloved typewriter--its utilitarian beauty, the pleasing percussive action of striking its keys, the singularity of the impressed page--is enjoying a genuine renaissance across the creative industries. In this authoritative publication, the founders of the Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, the largest such collection in the world, apply their experience, mining the collection they have created over four decades to present examples produced by more than 200 of the world's finest typewriter artists. From the early ornamental works produced by secretaries in the late nineteenth century to more recent works that consider the unique position of the typewritten document in the digital age, there is an astonishing and delightful range of creativity in every artwork.

Subject

Typewriter art

Note

• Preface by John Maeda ; foreword by Steven Heller.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQG 15-587

ISBN

• 9780500241493
• 050024149X

OCLC

907140275

Author

Sackner, Marvin A., 1932-2020, author.

Title

The art of typewriting : with over 570 illustrations / Marvin and Ruth Sackner.

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson, 2015.

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Sackner, Ruth, author.

Heller, Steven, writer of supplementary textual content.

Maeda, John, writer of preface.

Flamm, Eugene S., donor.

Research Call Number

JQG 15-587