Presents the work and life of this essential typographer, until now too little known outside the circle of his friends and students. Froshaug was a deep and charismatic thinker-practitioner, whose insights return us to the fundamentals of typography. The book consists of two interacting volumes: the solid record of the work is placed against the contingencies of the life. A traditional monograph is unsettled by an exploration in documentary.
| availability | in print |
| published | 2000.10.12 |
| extent | 528 pp |
| dimensions | 240 × 170 mm |
| illustrations | 273 b&w + 86 colour pictures |
| binding | sewn paperbacks in slip-case |
| ISBN | 0-907259-09-X |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-907259-09-1 |
| £40.00 |
Kinross presents no comfortable monograph, rather something like a commented archive. Representative in its selection and well ordered, this publication is in effect a counter-proposal: against fast consumption.
Ute Brüning, Form + Zweck
It is a very purist work … a tribute to a life without any intellectual or aesthetic concessions.
Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector
Both volumes repay study … they are a model for serious research and painstakingly exact
editorial work.
Jost Hochuli, Typografische Monatsblätter
It is one of the most intelligent, superbly thorough, engrossing and important design books to be published in years.
Rick Poynor, Eye
