Sampler: Further Reading from Gratuitous Type
We’re big fans of Gratuitous Type. A design magazine renowned for its fanatical production values and almost fetishistic attention to detail, every issue is a beautiful object. (Take a look at our video review of issue four to see it in action.)
Two-Minute Magazines #44: Gratuitous Type from Steven Watson on Vimeo.
After a two-year break the new issue launches tomorrow (16 September) at New York Art Book Fair, but you can order your copy from Sampler right now. It’s the first of Gratuitous Type’s ‘half issues’, and it can be seen as an addition to what came before, going beyond footnotes and appendices to zoom in on subjects previously touched upon in the full issues, and giving them the full Gratuitous Type treatment. Take a look at the spreads below to see the issue in more detail, and note that the ink used is a lovely, metallic copper (not brown, as it looks on screen).
Expect step-by-step DIY pulp poster-making with design studio Letterproeftuin.
The rise of the entrepreneurial creative: Keith Haring and other designers as shopkeepers.
The impact of modernist furniture maker Enzo Mari’s work in today’s open-source design.
Museum of Misfits: Interview with Andrea Hyde and Eric Price, alumni of Walker Art Centre’s renowned art department.
“Don’t try to create and analyse at the same time” — revisiting Sister Corita Kent’s Rules and Hints for Students and TeachersWith Sampler, you get free shipping to the UK, US and Europe (heavily subsidised anywhere else) and 10% off the cover price. Like a liner note to musicians, this is a must-have for anyone who has enjoyed previous issues of Gratuitous Type. Head over to our Sampler page to grab a copy for yourself, your studio, or the inventive designer in your life.
