The 3D Type Book

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This book is the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written, featuring over 1,300 images of more than 300 projects by more than 160 emerging talents and established individuals and studios including Sagmeister Inc, Vaughan Oliver, Milton Glaser, Alvin Lustig, Louis Danziger, Roger Excoffon, Paul Elliman, Marian Bantjes, Geoff Kaplan, Clotilde Olyff, Italo Lupi, Marion Bataille, Antoine+Manuel, Frost*Design, Mervyn Kurlansky, Non-Format, Oded Ezer, Rowland Scherman, Post Typography, Rinzen, Underwares Type Workshop, J. Kyle Daevel, Ji Lee, Pleaseletmedesign and Strange Attractors Design.As well as pioneering milestones from as far back as the 1940s, this book focuses on recent and brand new typographic projects. 3D type specialist Andrew Byrom explains the context and motivation behind these innovative works in an insightful foreword.

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Library Journal Review

This is the third volume from Jacquillat and Vollauschek of FL@33, a multidisciplinary studio for visual communication. The previous two titles (Postcard; Made and Sold) followed a scheme in which the authors invited designers to contribute examples of pieces that convey the aspect of visual communication around which the book is based. For this project, the authors expanded their scope by also soliciting additional artists through an open call for contributions. The result is a richly illustrated volume showing letters of the alphabet created from an extremely wide variety of materials-shoelaces, cheese, tire tracks, moss, the human body, and much more. A short foreword by 3-D type specialist Andrew Byrom puts the work in context, and a closing section includes pertinent information on the contributors. VERDICT This is the most comprehensive study to date on this unique corner of the graphic arts, and while it has a quirky quality that will appeal to some casual readers, it is really for graphic design and typography specialists. This well-produced and reasonably priced work should find a home on most designer's shelves.-Mark Woodhouse, Elmira Coll. Lib., NY (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.