Örjan Nordling: Bokstavligt/Lettered
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Keyword: 1980s-2020s, graphic design, typography, logotype, identity, Swedish graphic designer
Subtitle: A Narrative on Typography by Örjan Nordling Size: 220×240 mm Pages: 64 Format: softcover Language: Swedish, English Illustration: in color & b/w Editor: Jeanette Lundbeck Preface: Håkan Lindström Text: Örjan Nordling Book design: Örjan Nordling Printing: Italgraf AB Publisher: Identitype AB Pub Year: 2024 Weight: 274 gr ISBN: 9789152798140Description
Article no.: 9789152798140
“Bokstavligt/Lettered descibes in a clear and engaging way a professional career as a typeface designer and graphic designer. It showcases the wide range of Örjan Nordling's career and is a welcome publication” - Stefan Hattenbach, typeface designer.
From the publisher:
This exposé is a work about and by the designer Örjan Nordling and his foundry Identitype. It addresses graphic design and typography in Sweden, mostly in recent years, from the mid-1980's to today. However, the primary focus is on the elements of typograhy, the various typefaces, and their development cencerning form, design, and technical production. Already during the formative years in high school, Örjan was introduced to the design of printing types. During his education at the artistic university Konstfack and as a guest student at Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, he worked on his first typeface, Nordling BQ. Since then, he has been involved in the development of severeal typefaces and has a long career in the typographic field. It is an instructional and educational text.
From the publisher:
This exposé is a work about and by the designer Örjan Nordling and his foundry Identitype. It addresses graphic design and typography in Sweden, mostly in recent years, from the mid-1980's to today. However, the primary focus is on the elements of typograhy, the various typefaces, and their development cencerning form, design, and technical production. Already during the formative years in high school, Örjan was introduced to the design of printing types. During his education at the artistic university Konstfack and as a guest student at Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, he worked on his first typeface, Nordling BQ. Since then, he has been involved in the development of severeal typefaces and has a long career in the typographic field. It is an instructional and educational text.