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A Dwiggins Roundup

WE LOVE FEW things more than a talent rediscovered after decades of neglect, and in the realms of graphic design no one fits this bill better than William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956).

This man was a type designer, calligrapher, illustrator, book designer, and commercial artist with a good eye and just the right level of whimsy.

Much of the revival of interest is thanks to Bruce Kennett and his book W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design which has done a great deal to spread the gospel of Dwiggins.

Here below are a series of links about the man and his work.

Atlas Obscura: The Lost Typefaces of W.A. Dwiggins

Kickstarter: W.A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design

Booktryst: Father of Graphic Design: Dwiggins in Living Color

What’s on the 6th floor?: William Addison Dwiggins

Typeroom: William Addison Dwiggins’ Living in Design

Design is History: William Addison Dwiggins

Letterform Archive: W.A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design

Design Observer: The Greatest Designer You’ve Never Heard Of

AIGA Eye on Design: Remembering W.A. Dwiggins

50 Watts: W.A. Dwiggins

Paper Posts: Celebrating W.A Dwiggins, the first “graphic designer”

Typographica: Warm Animal Blood: Dwiggins’ Mark on Contemporary Type Design

St Bride Foundation: The Wit and Whimsy of W. A. Dwiggins

M Russem: Towards a Reform of the Paper Currency | also W.A. Dwiggins

Paul Shaw Letter Design: Several posts on W.A. Dwiggins

Published at 11:05 am on Monday 11 October 2021. Categories: Design Errant Thoughts Tags: , , .
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