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  • American Bookbinders Event

    ABM and BCC | A Shimmer of Joy: One Hundred Children’s Picture Books in America

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    American Bookbinders Museum

    Hosted/Organized by: American Bookbinders Museum and Book Club of California Picture books are a jewel in the crown of children’s literature. They are composed of words, illustrations, and the dramatically paced rhythm of pages turning in the reader’s hand. When these elements come together with creative mastery, a surge of mind or heart can occur, […]

  • From the Printed Work of Jo Mora

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    Zoom CA, United States

    The creative career of Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora (1876-1947) was both compelling and diverse. In addition to being a painter, muralist, sculptor, building designer, cartographer, actor, set designer, cowboy, and husband and father, Mora was very involved with work on paper. It is his work as an illustrator, cartoonist, printer, and author that so closely […]

  • Illustrated Black History

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    Mechanics' Institute


    with author George McCalman in conversation with Tonya Foster Join artist and author George McCalman in conversation with poet and professor Tonya Foster on McCalman’s book, Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen. Illustrated Black History is a breathtaking collection of original portraits depicting black heroes—both famous and unsung—who made their mark on activism, science, politics, […]

  • Salon Series 47: The Complete Commercial Artist: Making Modern Design in Japan, 1928–1930

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    Zoom CA, United States

    with Gennifer Weisenfeld Join us for a conversation with the author of our latest book, an exploration of modernist commercial design in Japan. Toward the end of the 1920s, Japanese designers pursued a radical new vision for their profession. Engaging modernist and avant-garde trends from abroad, refashioning local graphic and calligraphic forms, and using the […]

  • Live at the Archive: Craig Frazier Book Party

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    Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Craig Frazier visits the Archive to share his new book, Drawn, his career as a designer and illustrator, and his obsession with big ideas. As an internationally recognized designer and illustrator, Craig’s work is known for its simplicity, intelligence, and wit. He will talk about his orientation to design as a drawer which eventually led to […]

  • A Certain Cotta: Book-Cover Design from Buenos Aires

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    Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

    with Francisco Roca Learn about the young graphic artist who designed book covers that would become a sensation in ’60s era Argentina, Latin America, and Spain. In 1962, young graphic artist Juan Ángel Cotta died in a car crash. His ongoing work project at the time, 103 covers for Los Libros del Mirasol —one of South […]