Folds: Tauba Auerbach In connection with Tauba Auerbach’s exhibition ‘Tetrachromat’ at Bergen Kunsthall, Folds presents Auerbach’s eponymous painting series for the first time in book form. In these paintings Auerbach twists and folds the canvas before applying the paint. In its stretched form the flat canvas conjures a trompe l’oeil rendering of its previous three-dimensional state. Transferred to the medium of the book, the paintings are presented here in a new and unexpected way alongside mathematical diagrams and three texts by Emmanuelle Dauplay, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Italo Calvino. Published by Sternberg Press (via Qubik | 44 (0)113 226 0839)

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monaux: Typography Tips: Lately I’ve had a few people ask me what fonts I use. I don’t use any fonts - I draw all my typography from scratch, and I encourage you to do the same! Typography is something that is frequently ignored or overlooked, but it is one of the most essential elements of design. I hate seeing beautiful illustrations ruined by lazy computer type. I do occasionally base my type on various existing typefaces (usually from Victorian posters & advertisements), but I always modify the characters and invent new ones. Here’s my process for creating logo/header typography: I start by ruling myself some guides so the characters have a uniform height. Then, I work out how wide each character should be. This is generally one width with exceptions for wide characters such as Ms and Ws, and narrow characters like Is. I then start drawing the letterforms and I always try to find ways to make them interact with one another. One trick to bind a block of type together is to make the letterforms flow and link with themselves. Crossbars (like in capital As and Hs) are good to experiment with, as are curly bits like in Gs, Cs, Js and Rs. After I’m happy with how everything is working, I ink it. If you’re serious about learning typography, my favourite book on the subject is called “Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age”. It’s a collection of hundreds of excellent examples of typography that no letterer should be without. It also pays to know about the basic principles of typography - how different typefaces handle different letters, which parts should be thickened, when you should include serifs and what style they should be, how kerning and leading affect how a piece of type looks, and so on. It could be helpful to take a course on it (I studied it at university), but I’m pretty sure you can learn everything you need to know simply by being observant.

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 Voices in art that speak for mysticism, creativity and depth. A smart book connecting the lives of 3 key artists who are often over looked. Also, if you are into patterns in nature, alchemy, inner transformation through the creative process or healing, there’s not a better collect to start with as an introduction to these three artists.With a few notable exceptions including M.C. Escher, Dali, and a few others, I’d never really thought of drawing or painting in terms of being a means to an end other than self expression. Af Klint, Kunz, and Martin came from three different parts of the world and from three different generations. Each of them had a slightly different approach to drawing. What they had in common was that they used drawing as a means to explore the inner universe of consciousness and perception. In that regard, they were way, way, way, ahead of their time. It might be a stretch to call Carl Jung an artist, but he did the same thing through the exploration of dreams. Likewise, Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and their cohorts aren’t usually considered artists, yet they too explored consciousness and the nature of existence (albeit by different means)along the same lines as the three women represented here.This is a fantastic book for anyone interested in drawing. There’s an extra reward for those who also happen to be interested in the exploration of the mind, perception, and ultimately, a quest for spirituality.(via 3x An Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and Agnes Martin: Catherine de Zegher, Hendel Teicher, Bracha Ettinger, Briony Fer, Elizabeth Finch, Adam Fuss, Rosalind Krauss, Birgit Pelzer, Griselda Pollock, Kathryn Tuma, Susan Klein, Richard Tuttle, Cecilia Vicuna, Terry Winters: 9780300108262: Amazon.com: Books)

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