Kenji Nakayama: 8/27/24 Feb-12-2023 An exacting classical typographer working

An exacting classical typographer working with the tools of his time to make timeless books for the trade

Railing provides a brief historical survey of avant-garde poetry in Russia and shows how the letter/ sound was applied by Lissitzky in About 2 [Squares] as a corollary to the pictorial images—a relationship that forms the basis of abstract or nonobjective language and painting in Russia

A while back we took in good stash of posters from the Klingspor Museum in Germany

If you’ve not read anything about BR in twenty or so years

born in Alexandria

Kenji Nakayama: 8/27/24 Feb-12-2023 An exacting classical typographer workingLong story: We were out for a walk without phone, pencil, or paper. A Black Lives Matter sign caught our eye. Nice lettering. We crossed the street for a closer look. What a beauty. In the lower corner was the makers mark: Need Signs? Will Paint. We needed to know more, but without any way to make a note, we had to repeat Need signs? Will paint. over and over and over again until we got home. And then we were able to dive into the work of Kenji