Rightness and Lightness: Thoughts on the Book as Object of Use kabakabakaba and layouts by Aleksandr Rodchenko

and layouts by Aleksandr Rodchenko and Vladimir Mayakovsky

Designed by a master typographer (who also designed the presented faces)

Anna Gwendoline Jackson

Massimo Vignelli’s Unigrid is the plan to make that show shitless

Here’s a bookplate for the Munich-based bookseller

Rightness and Lightness: Thoughts on the Book as Object of Use kabakabakaba and layouts by Aleksandr RodchenkoHeres another Jost Hochuli we lovebut this time we love it not for the design and production (although they are very fine)but for the thoughts of bookbinder Franz Zeier on the topic of books made in the service of something greater than themselves. Composed of short, easily digestible notes about every aspect of bookmaking, its an easy and motivating read. And it is annoyingly uncommon. We were gifted a copy ages ago, and this is only the second copy