"Royal Academy of Art ; Uitgeverij de Buitenkant ; TypeMedia, 2018."--title page. "This book is published on the occasion of the Gerrit Noordzij prize exhibition 2018 featuring the work of the Gerrit Noordzij prize laureate Cyrus Highsmith. The book and the exhibition were realized by Erik van Blokland, Peter Verheul and Marja van der Burgh at TypeMedia, a master programme at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, with the help of the students of TypeMedia class of 2018."--page 62. "The exhibition in the Gallery of the Academy was on show March 9-28, 2018."--page 62. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies.
Summary:
"I have always loved to draw. When I first encountered type design, I discovered a very pure form of drawing. It's about contour, and edges, and, most of all, shapes. Black and white shapes. For me, this is drawing distilled down to its essence. - Cyrus Highsmith."--back cover.
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