James-Simon-Galerie – David Chipperfield Architects
https://www.museumsinsel-berlin.de/gebaeude/james-simon-galerie/
https://www.museumsinsel-berlin.de/gebaeude/james-simon-galerie/
Visit to Erik Spiekermann Studio P98a, on November 19th 2018
p98a.berlin – typographic workshop
Potsdamer Straße 98a
10785 Berlin
YouTube Video By Jaroslaw Godlewski
Berlin Cityscapes Series featured on Vogue Italia website
As part of my typographical field research, I wandered the city of Berlin to seek out any surviving commercial signs, particularly on the facades of buildings, that bear witness to earlier times. New Manchester-based print magazine Actual Size (https://www.actualsizemagazine.com) contacted me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/heike_schneider_matzigkeit/) after …
For my book cover prototype print, I choose a small lead font called 8pt Petit Post Versalien https://www.voltapress.com/typecatalog/ After choosing the font, I proceed to set up the 8 point size letters which takes a lot of concentration and care Then, I start to …
During the bookbinding workshop I experimented with three different types of stitching and created a signature based book (chap book), a Japanese book block, and a coptic book.
Here is my final and favourite result, a coptic stitch book with black pages, white thread and a thick grey cover.
I love the look the inset stitches on the cover are creating: simple yet elegant.
The title sheet of the book is a print I set with the letterpress (see blog post Letterpress Lead Printing for my prototype), which fits the simple style and colour scheme.
For future book cover experimentation, I am interested in testing various materials, including unused 1970s wallpaper (perfect for glue), pieces of wood, natural materials such as dry rye etc.
The tools necessary for book binding which I used today are: Awl (Ahle in German), Book Punch (Locheisen), Bone Folder (Falzbein), Sowing Needle, Twine or thread (Buchbinderzwirn).
Bone Folder – Paper with the grain
Sowing Needle
Twine or thread – Number of holes or number of signatures: That many times the height of the book.
Bookbinding tools
My Coptic Stitch Book
Traditional Japanese book blocks
My Japanese book block
There are two very different aspects to a visit to the Boros Collection, however, at the end of the visit it almost feels that they are converging into a new whole. One element is the obvious history of the location and venue, the other is …