Back Cover: Graphic Design, Typography, etc. French and English Import [Out of Print]

Back Cover: Graphic Design, Typography, etc. edited by Alexandre Dimos, Gaël Etienne and Véronique Marrier. Editions B42, Paris, France, 2008–2010. French and English text, 7.75 x 11, each heavily illustrated with 56 pages including stapled covers. Graphic Design by deValence.

Back Cover is a publication focused on thinking and analyzing graphic design and typography practices; and to a larger extent, the visual arts. It offers reflections, historical and critical analysis, as well as individual and collective experiments.

Some of our favorite historical articles discuss: Luca Pacioli’s Divine Proportion; John Berger’s Ways of Seeing; Herbert Spencer’s Pioneers of Modern Typography and Anthony Froshaug’s Typographic Norms. The illustrated article on Karl Gerstner: Principles not Recipes by Richard Hollis alone makes the set worthwhile. For a complete table of contents including contributors for each issue visit the links below:

• Issue No. 1:  Summer 2008
  
• Issue No 2: Spring / Summer 2009
• Issue No 3: Winter / Spring 2010
  

A near fine set of (3) journals with only a hint of handling. All three issues are now out of print and uncommon in the United States. Guaranteed to learn something new!