Abracadabra: an homage to N.H. Werkman

Creator

Werner Pfeiffer
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
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Files

Creation Date

2007

Keywords

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Typography, Graphic Design, Shaped text, Toy and movable book, artists' books

Description

2 dimensional flexagons and corresponding loose plates, enclosed in a four sided, cloth covered shaped portfolio; cover; various elements; detail; flat view of flexagon structure; detail. A tribute to the life and work of N.H. Werkman, noted German Graphic Designer. As Werkman playfully used text and letter forms as image, the flexagons revolve to reconfigure each composition.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1241906~S4

Press

Red Hook, NY:Pear Whistle Press

Rights

©Werner Pfeiffer, Red Hook, NY:Pear Whistle Press

Materials / Techniques

letterpress; board; paper; cloth; tyvek

Measurements

27 x 27 cm