[a letterhead from Kemmler & Weber] bigkenji David William Cobb

David William Cobb

Google translates the text on the cover of this portfolio as “Letter Book for the Painter compiled by teachers and students of the National School of Painting in Utrechts under the supervision of Director Jacob Por

worked with Der Druckspiegel and a handful of American designers at the forefront of the bleed edge of the experimental downtown vanguard presented four 16-page booklets showing off what could be done with type and illustration and the latest technology which consisted of “cutting” and “pasting”—by which we mean literally cutting things and pasting things

by the leaders of Suffolk County

[a letterhead from Kemmler & Weber] bigkenji David William CobbWhat can we say about this? Were typing this on a Saturday and customers are here (thankfully)but they are distracting us. Well keep this short: Heres a letterhead from Kemmler & Weber, a specialist shop for the graphic arts trade offering typefaces, closures, woodworking tools, black and colored inks for letterpress and lithography, cylinder windings, iron bars, locking tools, angle brackets, typesetting boats, felts, moleskins, and ribbons of all