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October 31, 2011
by Dan
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Stark’s Grofield Novels Designed by David Drummond

David Drummond designed the covers for the University of Chicago Press recent reissues of Richard Stark’s ‘Parker’ novels. Now David has designed great new covers for the reissues of Stark’s ‘Alan Grofield’ novels as well – The Dame, The Damsel, Blackbird … Continue reading

May 14, 2010
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Something for the Weekend

David Drummond’s Parker Series for University of Chicago Press. “a little bit Warhol, a little bit Factory Records” –  Christian Schwartz explains why he started type foundry Commercial Type at I Love Typography: It’s much easier to be an “armchair … Continue reading

November 17, 2009
by Dan
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Q & A with Isaac Tobin, University of Chicago Press

To my embarrassment, it wasn’t until his wonderful design for Obsession by Lennard J. Davis that I really began to pay attention to Isaac Tobin‘s work. There was something about the lettering — painstakingly created with pin pricks into thick … Continue reading