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Urgency Reader, Paul Soulellis, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2019

Urgency Reader, Paul Soulellis, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

252 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Edition of 110 numbered copies. Read more and download complete Urgency Reader 2019 here."Urgency Reader is a quick assembling of texts, risograph printed in Pawtucket, RI, and bound as a book at the last minute to launch at the Odds and Ends Art Book Fair at Yale University Art Gallery on December 6, 2019. Suggested topics from the open call included: urgency, craft, queerness, gender, transformation, kinship, race, survival ..."--cover wrapper. "Inspired by Omnibus News #1 (1969), Assembling (1970-87), and other assembling publications, Urgency Reader is an experiment in publishing as a …


Central Falls Welcome Sign Project Phase 2, Lindsay Guastefeste, Elyssa Roketenetz, Jorge Saenz, Jake Wheeler, Arnold Robinson Jan 2014

Central Falls Welcome Sign Project Phase 2, Lindsay Guastefeste, Elyssa Roketenetz, Jorge Saenz, Jake Wheeler, Arnold Robinson

Graphic Design

For this design, the intent was to create a completely different identity for the City of Central Falls, as well as create a stronger connection with the state of Rhode Island. The curved shape that is created by the top portion of the design suggests a relationship with the Ocean State and the symbol of the wave that is seen throughout the State and even its license plate. It also creates a more modern approach with its abstract shape as well as creates a new and recognizable destination for tourists and locals. The use of brick for the base suggests …


Literacy Volunteers Of Washington County: Brand Guidelines, Arnold Robinson Jan 2013

Literacy Volunteers Of Washington County: Brand Guidelines, Arnold Robinson

Graphic Design

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Central Falls Welcome Sign Project, Lindsay Guastafeste, Elyssa Roketenetz, Jorge Saenz, Arnold Robinson Jan 2013

Central Falls Welcome Sign Project, Lindsay Guastafeste, Elyssa Roketenetz, Jorge Saenz, Arnold Robinson

Graphic Design

Our inspiration for this modern style welcome sign came mostly from the welcome sign for Vancouver, Canada. This approach would give Central Falls a look of it’s own among the more traditional syle signs of surrounding towns. The double paneled structure design of this option would make for the option of having a bilingual sign, showcasing the multi-cultural heritage of the City.


Herreshoff Marine Museum: Logo Redesign And Style Guide, Arnold Robinson Jan 2013

Herreshoff Marine Museum: Logo Redesign And Style Guide, Arnold Robinson

Graphic Design

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S., J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2013

S., J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

xiv, 456 pages : illustrations. Konfidentiell letter (2 leaves) [insert between pages viii-ix] + Pollard State University : VMS accused of ... (1 leaf) [insert between pages 10-11] + Xerox copy of journal article (1 leaf) [insert between pages 20-21] + Newspaper clipping (2 pages) [insert between pages 32 -33] + Telegram (2 leaves) [insert between pages 54-55] + 1 newspaper clipping/memo (1 leaf) [insert between pages 68-69] + Letter from Desjardins (1 leaf) [insert between pages 86-87] + Letter from Jen (4 pages) [insert between pages 100-101] + 1 Brazil postcard [insert between pages 112-113] + 1 photograph of …


It Is Almost That (Box), Siglio Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2011

It Is Almost That (Box), Siglio Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

8 booklets, 1 leaf , 2 sheets : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. A boxed set of nine folded and saddle-stitched booklets with photocopies or silkscreened dust-jackets signed by authors / artists. Found Pages from Antinova's Memoirs / Eleanor Antin -- Nude film / Fiona Banner -- Time / Ann Hamilton -- Inspection / Jane Hammond -- Psychic / Susan Hiller -- Dorchester boxers / Helen Kim -- A house of dust / Alison Knowles -- Notes for the translation / Molly Springfield -- Hexen II; 4 diagrams / Suzanne Treister -- From the journal Notes on living locally …


Shv, Irma Boom, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1996

Shv, Irma Boom, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

[2136] pages : illustrations (some color). Book commissioned by Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, chairman of SHV Holdings, and designed by Irma Boom in editorial collaboration with art historian Johann Pijnappel to celebrate the centenary SHV. Edition of 500 copies in English and 300 copies in Chinese. Printed by Rosbeek, Nuth, Netherlands. Three sheets of stamps are mounted inside the front and back covers. Decorated fore-edge papers with a poem in Dutch and a color illustration of a field of tulips. SHV Energy is a family-owned multinational organization that consists of a group of specialised energy companies


Charles Meunier's Plaquette, 1900, La Relieuse | The Bookbinder : A Rare And Beautiful Depiction Of The Bookbinder In Medallic Art., Henry Morris, Charles Meunier, Maurice Favre, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

Charles Meunier's Plaquette, 1900, La Relieuse | The Bookbinder : A Rare And Beautiful Depiction Of The Bookbinder In Medallic Art., Henry Morris, Charles Meunier, Maurice Favre, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

1 folded leaf; 1 pewter plaquette. Text written and plaquette created by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. 1 folded leaf in blue cloth case stamped in silver. Pewter plaquette fits in frame in case. The promotional plaquette of bookbinder Charles Meunier is a reproduction of a work by Maurice Favre exhibited in 1903. It depicts a bookbinder at her sewing frame. Lettered on reverse "Aux amis la maison du livre 1900, Ch. Meunier." (To the friends of the 1900 book house, Ch. Meunier.). Gift of the Joseph Paulsen family. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition …


Poesia Concreta : Indirizzi Concreti, Visuali E Fonetici. | Concrete Poetry: Concrete Addresses, Visual And Phonetic., Carlo Belloli, Ernesto L. Francalanci, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1969

Poesia Concreta : Indirizzi Concreti, Visuali E Fonetici. | Concrete Poetry: Concrete Addresses, Visual And Phonetic., Carlo Belloli, Ernesto L. Francalanci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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155 p. ill. 23 cm. Esposizione a cura di Dietrich Mahlow e Arrigo Lora-Totino. Ca' Giustinian, Sala delle Colonne, 25 settembre-10 ottobre 1969. (Exhibition curated by Dietrich Mahlow and Arrigo Lora-Totino. Ca 'Giustinian, Sala delle Colonne, 25 September-10 October 1969.) On cover: Mostra di poesia concreta. (Exhibition of concrete poetry.) At head of title: La Biennale di Venezia. (The Venice Biennale.) Catalog by Carlo Belloli, Ernesto L. Francalanci.


Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. I Overture, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1946

Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. I Overture, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.


Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. Iv Transformation, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1946

Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. Iv Transformation, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.


Women And Work, Gertrude Rosenblum Williams, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1945

Women And Work, Gertrude Rosenblum Williams, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

128 pages : illustrations (some color, including maps) ; 22 cm. Series: The new democracy "Designed and produced by Adprint Ltd London ; Copyright 1945 by Adprint Ltd London ..."--title page verso. "First published by Nicholson & Watson in association with Wells Gardner Darton & Co Ltd, London, 1945"--title page verso. Contents: The scope of women's work. The wartime revolution -- The rise of the "dependent" family -- The effect of marriage -- Law and custom -- The work women do. Changes in numbers and jobs -- The middle-class woman -- Woman's dual role. Differences in pay -- Do women …


Human Problems In Industry, Norah M. Davis, Marie Neurath, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1926

Human Problems In Industry, Norah M. Davis, Marie Neurath, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Series: New democracy. "With 12 pictorial charts in colour designed by the Isotype Institute and 80 photographs." "Designed and produced by Adprint Ltd. London"--title page verso. Contents: Introduction -- Choosing jobs and workers -- Doing the job -- Warning signals -- Why we work -- Outlook for the future."Reading list": page [128]. Includes bibliographical references. Added Author: Marie Neurath, designer.