2009
272 pp — 21x29,7 cm — soft cover — fullcolour and b/w illustrations
Edition: 575
Texts: David Bennewith, Marianna Churchward, Paul Elliman, Daniel van der Velden and Rebecca Roke
Publishers: Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
and Clouds, New Zealand
ISBN 978-0-9582981-1-7
€ 40
No longer available
The first steps towards the publication Churchward international typefaces were taken in 2005, when former Design researcher David Bennewith came into contact with the Samoan-born typeface designer Joseph Churchward. Four years hence, the outcome of David’s research has been gathered in his book Churchward international typefaces. The book tells the story of the researcher, from his first attempt to contact the type designer to the many packages he received from Churchward by post, or to the correspondence with Churchward’s daughter Marianna.
One of the questions Bennewith asks is: ‘Is a typeface biographical?’ Churchward international typefaces tries to answer that question in a most personal manner, showing us not only the life and work of the type designer, but also the life and work of the researcher.
The many photographs, letters, anecdotes, bills, newspaper articles, but most of all the modest enthusiasm of researcher Bennewith make Churchward international typefaces reach far beyond the world of alphabet design. After reading this book, one will never be able to select a typeface again without thinking of Marianna.
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