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Irma Boom: Biography in Books by Irma Boom
This miniature book contains a complete overview of Irma Boom’s oeuvre, with commentary and more than 450 full colour illustrations in 704 pages with printed edges. Details >
Typotheque specimen (hardcover) No.7 by Peter Biľak
Limited hard cover edition of Typotheque specimen No.7. presenting the complete Typotheque collection, information about OpenType and its typographic features. Signed by its authors. Details >
The 100-Year Calendar by Peter Biľak
Plan your future or just contemplate the beautiful pattern of numbers. This oversized A0 poster presents all the days of the 21st century, with weekends clearly marked in magenta. Details >
Back Cover No.3 by Alexandre Dimos
Third issue of Back Cover, a bilingual French graphic design magazine. In this issue: A Conversation Between Richard Hollis and Åbäke and a lot more. Details >
Open Manifesto No.5 by Kevin Finn
With an impressive selection of contributors, this issue of Open Manifesto seeks to explore specific and broader concepts around identity; how identities develop, how they are influenced and how they influence society. Details >
Open Manifesto No.4 by Kevin Finn
This issue explores the topic of propaganda with contributions from documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky, writer Alain de Botton, Israeli peace activist Nurit Pele-Elhanan and graphic designer Peter Saville, among others. Details >
Open Manifesto No.3 by Kevin Finn
Australian graphic design magazine Open Manifesto provides thoughtful and thought provoking writing on graphic design. Issue 3 includes themes such as cultural exchange, the Israeli/Palestinian issue, and the ego in design. Details >
Open Manifesto No.1 by Kevin Finn
First issue of Australian graphic design magazine providing thoughtful and thought provoking writing devoted to graphic design and wider subjects such as media, politics, culture, economics and social issues. Details >
Typeface as Program by François Rappo & Jürg Lehni
Typeface as Program documents results of workshops at the ECAL school. The books presents some basic idea of automated type design, breaking down the design of letters to series of parameters. Details >
Pocket calendar / sketchbook 2010 by Peter Biľak
Limited edition of the pocket-size, no-nonsense Typotheque calendar and sketchbook. More durable than ever, with small improvements, clear week overview, and plentiful space for sketching. Details >
Back Cover No.2 by Alexandre Dimos & Gaël Étienne
Back Cover (formerly known as Marie Louise) is a French magazine interested in design history and visual universe. Now with full English translation. Published twice a year. Details >
Letter to Robin Kinross by Sam de Groot & Paul Haworth
22-year-old Andy de Fiets, on the verge of graduating from his graphic design studies, writes to his hero: Hyphen Press publisher Robin Kinross. Andy spots every comma but misses every point. A delightful typographic comedy! Details >
Detail in typography by Jost Hochuli
Subtitled ʻA concise yet rich discussion of all the small things that enhance the legibility of textsʼ, Jost Hochuliʼs guide to micro-typography considers everything that can happen within a column of text. Details >
Masculine / Feminine by Peter Biľak & Johanna Biľak
This folder / poster presents a selection of projects done by Johanna and Peter Biľak from 1998 to 2007. The two sides represent the two hemispheres, two methodologies, two different sensitivities, the masculine and the feminine. The combination of the two is Typotheque. Details >
Wim Crouwel: Typographic Architectures by Catherine de Smet & Emmanuel Bérard
Bilingual publication published on the occasion of ‘Wim Crouwel: Architectures Typographiques, 1956-1976’, an exhibition that took place in the beginning of 2007 at Galerie Anatome (Paris). Details >
Typotheque Monthly Planner by Peter Biľak
Rid your desk of the little notes and Post-its, and use the 100 pages of the Typotheque weekly/monthly planner. In addition to the month overview, the A4 planner offers plenty of room for your prioritised to-do lists as well as your creative doodles. Details >
Edward Wright: readings, writings by Petra Cerne Oven
This book is a reader on the work of Edward Wright, English typographer, painter and teacher. It brings back into circulation some forgotten texts written about Edward Wright by contemporaries – collaborators, students, critics, as well as his own writings. Details >
The Tree of Meaning by Robert Bringhurst
A collection of thirteen lectures on language, focusing on storytelling, mythology, comparative literature, humanity and the breadth of oral culture. Bringhurst’s commitment to what he calls ‘ecological linguistics’ emerges in his studies of Native American art and language. Details >
Multicolour sketchbook by Peter Biľak & Johanna Biľak
Plain sketchbook with no printing involved. This practical cloth-bound sketchbook comes with 216 pages of fine quality paper, perfect for pencil, pen & ink, separated with colour inserted pages after each section. Details >
Dot Dot Dot 12 by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
Bi-annual independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, politics, film and literature. Details >
Jigsaw poster & Typotheque newsletters by Johanna Biľak & Peter Biľak
A series of Typotheque posters presenting Jigsaw typeface in a form of a herb specimen, and Typotheque newsletter on the second poster. Details >
Dot Dot Dot 11 by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
Bi-annual independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, politics, film and literature. Details >
The Stroke by Gerrit Noordzij
Gerrit Noordzij’s powerful and analytical text, illustrated with his own diagrams and examples, presents a genuine theory of writing done with any tool and clarifies the relationship between the written and typographic letters.

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Dot Dot Dot X by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
DDDX is a montage of articles drawn from issues 2–9. This is not a retrospective act, more a logical next step; a slight return in response to the self-righteous statment of intent on the cover of issue 1; a reply to ourselves after five years’ trial & error. Details >
Dot Dot Dot 9 by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
Bi-annual independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, film and literature. Details >
Dot Dot Dot 8 by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
Bi-annual independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, film and literature. Details >
Dot Dot Dot 7 by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
Bi-annual independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, film and literature. Details >
Dot Dot Dot 3 by Peter Biľak & Stuart Bailey
Independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, film and literature. Details >
We Want You To Love Type by Johanna Biľak & Alan Záruba
This publication presents work of 44 Czech and Slovak designers, and focuses on the process of creating innovative typographic solutions that often use experimental processes to venture into unknown territory. Details >
Paul Renner by Christopher Burke
German typographer Paul Renner is best known as the designer of the typeface Futura, which stands as a landmark of modern graphic design. This title is the first study in any language of Renner's typographic career; it details his life and work to reveal the breadth of his accomplishment and influence. Details >
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
This updated edition of the classic book is essential for professionals who regularly work with typographic designs. The Elements of Typographic Style has become, as Hermann Zapf proposed, ‘the Typographers’ Bible’. Details >
Unjustified texts by Robin Kinross
In writings gathered over twenty-five years Robin Kinross illuminates both the process of designing text-matter and its consequences. This selection of his shorter writings is centered around themes of editorial design, type design, information design, the fate of Modernism, or the work of critical Modernist designers. Details >
Bram de Does by Mathieu Lommen
This uniquely designed and executed book is the first substantial publication devoted to De Does’s life and workbest known internationally as a type and book designer, creator of typefaces Trinité and Lexicon. His book and type designs are here placed in their contexts. Details >
Karel Martens: Counterprint by Paul Elliman & Robin Kinross
Karel Martens: Counterprint, a short object book that extensively presents Karel Martens’ uncommissioned work and printing experiments. Included is an essay ‘The world as a printing surface’ by Paul Elliman. Details >
The Solid Form of Language by Robert Bringhurst
In this informative essay Robert Bringhurst presents a brief history of writing and a new way of classifying and understanding the relationship between script and meaning. This is a surprisingly accessible and thought provoking. combination of anthropology, typography, literature, mathematics, music and linguistics. Details >
Modern typography by Robin Kinross
First published in 1992, Modern Typography is now issued in an updated second edition. Kinross argues that ‘modern typography’ is more than just a modernism of style. Typography, in this book is considered in the light of the social, political and technical changes of the recent period. Details >
Ladislav Sutnar by Iva Janákova-Knobloch & Steven Heller
This lavishly illustrated book presents the most coherent overview of Sutnar’s work to date and was produced in association with a major retrospect exhibition held in Prague in 2003. The book includes essays by Steven Heller and Paul Makovsky. Details >
Jigsaw Flipbook by Johanna Biľak
Small flipbook presenting the original idea of the Jigsaw typeface — gradual progression from solid to stencil forms of letters realized in MultipleMaster technology. Details >