Tag Archives: AIGA

affordable pauper

by Art Chantry: these are books by “the peter pauper press”. they are small (4 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ x 3/8″). they are beautifully designed and letterpress printed, often sporting illustrations by some of the best illustrators of the era. … Continue reading

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sub genius : trust your heroes?

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) back in the early 1980’s, the church of the sub-genius was just as “out there” and just as scary fucking dangerous as survival research laboratories. what SRL was doing to technology, the church of the … Continue reading

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wandering into modernist territory

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have this wonderful book called “books for our time” , edited by marshall lee, with written contributions by herbert bayer, merle armitage, john berg, s.a. jacobs, ernst reichl and a forward by george nelson … Continue reading

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rat fink

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) ED ROTH (given the name”big daddy” by one of his model kit clients) is one of those iconic pop culture figures of the last half-century. there is an awful lot of things that we take for … Continue reading

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missing the klassic kvetching…

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) A recently departed friend of mine, Nathan Gluck, sent me this latest weird little item. first off, nathan was the front desk person at the AIGA (national office) in nyc for over 30 years. he was … Continue reading

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