History & Future of the Book, a half-block class taught by Jessy Randall and Steve Lawson. In this project, The End (2024), students considered what might happen at the last printing press at the end of civilization as we know it, when books are being destroyed…including what materials might still be available in the scrap pile, which typefaces they might find, and what cryptic messages they might want to convey to any future humans.
Cultures of the Book (History 105), taught by Carol Neel in the fall semester of 2012. A bestiary of real and imaginary animals. Text and images by the students in the class: Lauren Hahn, Alison Rowe, Patty Weicht, Dontene Bonnet, X. Fehsenfeld, Nick Dye, Sarah Cohen, Rhys Louis, Gabe De La Rosa, Will Baker, Robbie Adler, Caitlin Canty, Collin Hartland, Sumner Crosby, and Mohammed Mia.
Image and text by Lauren Hahn and Alison Rowe.
Image and text by Robbie Adler and Caitlin Canty.
Image and text by Collin Hartland and Sumner Crosby.
Image and text by Sarah Cohen and Rhys Louis.
The covers are letterpress printed from photopolymer plates, and the interiors are letterpress printed from handset metal type and collagraph blocks. The paper is from the French Paper Company. Pamphlet stitch, 20 pages.