A letterpress poster print shop in Brooklyn, New York working with wood type, hand carved blocks and modern platemaking. Tweets by DGM @thearm@mastodon.online
Brooklyn, NY
Joined December 2008
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If you want a wholesome, interesting way to avoid twitter this winter, what about hanging out on zoom and folding cool paper things?
Starts Dec 7th! kellianderson.com/books/wint…
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Daughter: 4th-year UVA student. Distraught. In 20-person American Studies class with Devin Chandler. 3:30 today, in fact. "Dad, he's awesome. He always walks into class smiling and cracking jokes." She's talking in present tense.
What class, you ask? "Non-Violence in America."
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sending out a newsletter today with new classes and exhibitions I'm involved with! my super-infrequent mailing list is here: tinyletter.com/kellianderson
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Teaching another RISO animation class! Weekend of Nov 18th. kellianderson.com/books/riso…
This is an experiment trying to make stamps and a riso animation at the same time
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Join us online for the second talk of the fall Herb Lubalin Lecture Series online with @19cWT at 12:30 pm Eastern US time on November 7. RSVP for this free event.
coopertype.org/event/tales_f…
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ALT Paper flyer with tear-off tabs promoting a talk by Nick SHerman: “Franklin Gothic Goes on Forever”, Monday, October 24, 2022, at Cooper Union and streaming online. RSVP for free at coopertype.org
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Learn how to design price signs for interior display, using a variety of appropriate alphabets & layouts with sign painter & typeface designer John Downer online Thursdays, Nov. 10–Dec 8
coopertype.org/event/price_t…
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rsvp here (bc it is a small space, but it is free) centerforbookarts.org/calend…
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I have a show opening on Thursday night at @center4bookarts. Full of interactive things (and RISO) about the history of type and technology. Come!
ABRACADABRA: Letterform, Technology
(riso animation of the invitation, on transparent glassine)
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I'll be at the NY Art Book Fair with a table and some new projects (!!) My table number is G11. If you're attending, come say hi. Will have some of my friends' (@FMEREB 's and @circadianpress 's beautiful books too)
Just posted a photo @ The Arm Letterpress instagram.com/p/CjlI7p-L92D/… – at Brooklyn, NY
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John Davis’s Persistent Vision archive! washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
Thanks to @mbierut and his @pentagramdesign team for coming in to The Arm for some wood type poster printing, drinks and conversation. This was a great evening in the print shop! @ The Arm Letterpress instagram.com/p/CjayRdqrBc3/… – at Brooklyn, NY
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The full lineup of the Herb Lubalin lectures for @CooperType is online. Both in-person and live-stream options are available. Talks by @NickSherman, @polinagodz, @19cWT, James Clough.
Register now for your free tickets:
coopertype.org/lectures
ALT Text in red on black background reads, Franklin Gothic Goes on Forever
ALT A photo of a closeup of the inside of a palm of a human hand holding a drafting compass with lettering in Cyrillic overlaid which reads Architecture in Vkhutemas
ALT collage of three different samples of handwriting from different eras
ALT collage of letter shapes set using wood type
If any of you jaded bastards could use a dose of humanity, Timothy Bailey’s hard-earned LP drops today. timothybaileyandthehumans.ba…
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Learn to turn any idea into a coherent typeface design system for headlines, titles, editorial and branding work! Online class begins Thursday, Oct 6 @cooperunion w/ @Zrinka_B
coopertype.org/event/princip…