Hot off the press: Schmausbuch Nummer 2

Schmaubuch Nummer 2 was designed and printed on the occasion of the studio‘s silver jubilee. The book is a collection of recipes and a samplebook of fonts. All text is handset from metal and wood type. The sheets are printed on a manual proofpress. As with the first Schmausbuch, published in 2002, the paper used is Zerkall Ingres deckled edge …

On Mistakes

Ever heard of Archaea? Archaea are single-celled organisms. They do not have a nucleus, their DNA kind of floats in their cells without being enclosed within a membrane. They might be the most ancient form of life on planet earth, or carry some very ancient traits in them, for that matter. If the process of copying DNA had ever worked …