Type history process book 2 by Tracy

Tracy Conoboy Process Book

Typographic History The Kelmscott Press

First- Research

Screenshot from the book “Making and Breaking the Grid”

HE first step of this project was learning about hierarchy and gridding. We used the reading “Making and Breaking the Grid” in order to help further understand the process of gridding. We researched the different forms of gridding in the book and then chose ones we wanted to work with. Then, we had the assignment of using these different grids in order to create our own grids with different hierarchical structures. We chose an article and used information from that article in order to create our own spreads.

Article

Screenshot of the article I chose to work on from Huffington Post

For the grid part of this project, we experimented with different ways of doing grids. It was to help us understand hierarchy and different ways of setting up grids in order to convey a certain message.

For the following grids, one aspect of the article was dominant in each of the structures. This exercise helped me understand how to use modular, column, and manuscript grids in different ways.

The Grids

A beginning exercise

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November 20: Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law

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A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law November 20, 2013

Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -- at a desk once used by President Abraham Lincoln, no less. “I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a difference for hundreds and hundreds of people.”

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law November 20, 2013 Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize samesex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -- at a desk once used by President Abraham Lincoln, no less. “I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcom ing society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a difference for hundreds and hundreds of people.”

A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptrol ler Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law

A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law November 20, 2013

Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -at a desk once used by President Abraham Lincoln, no less. “I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a difference for hundreds and hundreds of people.” A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -- at a desk once used by President Abraham Lincoln, no less.

“I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a difference for hundreds and hundreds of people.”

November 20

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law November 20, 2013

state to

become the 16th U.S.

legalize same-sex marriage. A bill signing

“I think this is great progress for our state and for

A crowd of thousands, including Chicago May

our society, and I think it will be looked upon that

or Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois

way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about

elected officials -- Attorney General Lisa Madi

the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of

gan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone

Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the

Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy

people of our state can understand that this law

Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the cer

is going to make a difference for hundreds and

emony and spoke before the signing.

hundreds of people.”

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ Huffington Post November 20, 2013

Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -- at a desk once used by President Abraham Lin coln, no less. “I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a differ ence for hundreds and hundreds of people.”

A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speak er Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law

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Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize samesex marriage

Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize samesex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -- at a desk once used by President Abraham Lincoln, no less. “I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a difference for hundreds and hundreds of people.” A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

November 20 2013 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs Gay Marriage Bill Into Law Illinois has become the 16th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. A bill signing ceremony began at 3:30 p.m. CT at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum. There, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signed the state’s marriage equality legislation into law -- at a desk once used by President Abraham Lincoln, no less. “I think this is great progress for our state and for our society, and I think it will be looked upon that way in history,” Quinn told ABC Chicago about the historic day. “It means a lot to our state of Illinois that were a welcoming society. I think the people of our state can understand that this law is going to make a differ A crowd of thousands, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a bevy of other Illinois elected officials -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan, House Speaker Michael Madigan and lone Republican speaker Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka among them, also attended the ceremony and spoke before the signing.

ence for hundreds and hundreds of people.”

For the next part of this project, we had to choose a moment in typographic history to work on. After researching each time period, chose to work on the Kelmscott Press. I was intrigued by the decorative elements of the Kelmscott Press. I researched online and began to write out an article for a spread. This article had to be between 300-600 words long.

I used a total of five sources for this project, which can be found at the end of this book. After researching, I began to make thumbnail sketches based on the design of William Morris and the Kelmscott Press. I used his decorative grid structure in the Kelmscott Press as inspiration.

The Next Part

The Kelmscott Press

Thumbnail Sketch

Creating The Spreads

HE next step after creating thumbnail skeches was to choose the best three to work on. I chose to work on ones that mirrored the work of the Kelmscott Press, with heavy decoration as well as drop text and a clearly defined uniform grid structure. I viewed many pictures of The Kelmscott Press in order to get inspiration, while not exactly mirroring the way the Kelmscott Press was written. I chose to use Old Style text as well as a decorative inital font for certain important parts of the article, just as William Morris did in the Kelmscott Press. I wanted my work to look like something that could go in the Kelmscott Press, but that also reflected William Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other talent of creating wallpaper. I decided I would use an image of his wallpaper for the background of the spreads. I did so in all three of the spreads I made. In the first spread, I tried to mirror William Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspiration of medieval manuscripts in the shape behind the woodcut drawing along with the drop text and structured columns. In the second spread, I chose to do a structured column text as well as a woodcut drawing. In the third one, I used his wallpaper as the background with full color and a completely symetrical form of his grid structure.

William Morris and the Kelmscott Press

he Arts and Crafts movement began in England during the late 1800s. It was a movement in response to mass production as a result of the machine in the Industrial Revolution. During this period was the rise of consumerism. Manufactured good were of poor design and poor quality. The Arts and Crafts movement was a response to the switch from craftsmanship to the machine. One of the people to inspire this movement was philosophical leader, John Ruskin. Ruskin believed that decorative arts affected the artist who created them. He responded to the creation of the machine and poor working conditions by saying that it removed the artist from nature and thus created less beautiful products. He stated “all cast from the machine is bad as work it is dishonest.” (utoledo. edu). What he meant by this is that a machine could never produce a piece of art as honest and fine as craftsmanship can produce. William Morris took these ideals and turned them into a reality. William Morris believed that good design makes a good society. He agreed with John Ruskin’s belief that factory work was brutal and that it was also making society into an ugly place. He believed it to create distance between designers and manufacturers. In turn, he wanted high-quality furnishings to be available to everyone and not just the wealthy. However, hand crafted furnishings were much more expensive than mass produced goods. William Morris was also highly interested in creating textiles and wallpaper. Design elements were

taken from Medieval European, Islamic, and Japanese style. In 1891, Morris founded the Kelmscott Press in London in which he took these ideals and put them into books. The Kelmscott Press was William Morris’ culmination of his life’s work. It was an attempt to preserve his ideals about the artist and his art. According to victorianweb. org, “they were designed to be read slowly, to be appreciated, to be treasured, and thus made an implicit statement about the ideal relationships which ought to exist between the reader, the text, and the author.” William Morris put time into his craft, expecting the result to be a deeper connection between the person reading his texts and the book itself. The books were rich in decorative elements, which was common of the Victorian period. The strong decorative elements, old style typefaces and grid work of the Kelmscott Press were all important aspects to design and continue to be a part of modern-day design.

William Morris and the Kelmscott Press

William Morris believed that good design makes a good society. He agreed with John Ruskin’s belief that factory work was brutal and that it was also making society into an ugly place. He believed it to create distance between designers and manufacturers. In turn, he wanted high-quality furnishings to be available to everyone and not just the wealthy. However, hand crafted furnishings were much more expensive than mass produced goods. William Morris was also highly interested in creating textiles and wallpaper. Design elements were taken from Medieval European, Islamic, and Japanese style. In 1891, Morris founded the Kelmscott Press in London in which he took these ideals and put them into books. The Kelmscott Press was named after William Morris’ country house- The Kelmscott Manor in Cotswolds. The Kelmscott Press was an extremely intricate collaborative effort. The press published books based on medieval manuscripts. William Morris was concerned with creating something very true to its materials. Everything down to the paper was organic. The illustrations have rich patterns as well as ornamental lettering. The goal Morris had was to create a book that could be seen as a whole, uniform object – stressing importance on the quality of hand workmanship. This can be seen in works produced by his printing press – The Kelmscott Press.

Pictured here is a woodcut illustration by Edward Burne-Jones of Kelmscott Manor The Kelmscott Press was William Morris’ culmination of his life’s work. It was an attempt to preserve his ideals about the artist and his art. According to victorianweb. org, “they were designed to be read slowly, to be appreciated, to be treasured, and thus made an implicit statement about the ideal relationships which ought to exist between the reader, the text, and the author.” William Morris put time into his craft, expecting the result to be a deeper connection between

the person reading his texts and the book itself. The books were rich in decorative elements, which was common of the Victorian period. The strong decorative elements, old style typefaces and grid work of the Kelmscott Press were all important aspects to design and continue to be a part of modern-day design.

The One I Chose Final

“The Noble Craftsmen We Promote:.” The Roots of Arts and Crafts. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. “Morris and the Kelmscott Press.” Morris and the Kelmscott Press. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. “Home | Kelmscott Manor.” Home | Kelmscott Manor. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. Clutton-Brock, A. William Morris. London: Parkstone, 2007. Print. MacCarthy, Fiona. William Morris: A Life for Our Time. New York: Knopf, 1995. Print.

Research

Sources

William Morris and

the Kelmscott Press

Woodcut from The Kelmscott Press of the Kelmscott Manor

Woodcut from the Kelmscott Press, the works of Geoffrey Chaucer issue

The Arts and Crafts movement began in England during the late 1800s. It was a movement in response to mass production as a result of the machine in the Industrial Revolution. During this period was the rise of consumerism. Manufactured good were of poor design and poor quality. The Arts and Crafts movement was a response to the switch from craftsmanship to the machine. One of the people to inspire this movement was philosophical leader, John Ruskin. Ruskin believed that decorative arts affected the artist who created them. He responded to the creation of the machine and

poor working conditions by saying that it removed the artist from nature and thus created less beautiful products. He stated “all cast from the machine is bad as work it is dishonest.” (utoledo. edu). What he meant by this is that a machine could never produce a piece of art as honest and fine as craftsmanship can produce. William Morris took these ideals and turned them into a reality. William Morris believed that good design makes a good society. He agreed with John Ruskin’s belief that factory work was brutal and that it was also making society into an ugly place.

He believed it to create distance between designers and manufacturers. In turn, he wanted high-quality furnishings to be available to everyone and not just the wealthy. However, hand crafted furnishings were much more expensive than mass produced goods. William Morris was also highly interested in creating textiles and wallpaper. Design elements were taken from Medieval European, Islamic, and Japanese style. In 1891, Morris founded the Kelmscott Press in which he took these ideals and put them into books.

The Kelmscott Press was an extremely intricate collaborative effort. The press published books based on medieval manuscripts. William Morris was concerned with creating something very true to its materials. Everything down to the paper was organic. The illustrations have rich patterns as well as ornamental lettering. The goal Morris had was to create a book that could be seen as a whole, uniform object – stressing importance on the quality of hand workmanship. This can be seen in works produced by his printing press – The Kelmscott Press.