Recently, there seems to be a glut of films focused on design and its various disciplines. I'm happy to appease my inner design nerd and add each and everyone to my Netflix queue. And while some may fall short, others triumph, sharing some valuable insight into the design world.
A new design film beginning to make appearances at film festivals and special screenings is Typeface. A film that looks at the sleepy town of Two Rivers, WI and the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. I developed my love for letterpress while in university-producing many a poster, card and other ephemera, and was fortunate to come into first hand contact with this working museum-spending time working there philanthropically to clean, archive, and print from their vast collection of wood type specimens. This film looks to be a great glimpse into the word of letterpress and the Hamilton story. Providing both a look into designs history, as well as an artform that should live on for generations to come.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
by Matthew Marosz
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