Comments on: Review: Nomadic Furniture http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/ It does, you know. You just have to get it hot enough. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jet http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-37357 jet Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:37:20 +0000 http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/#comment-37357 Yes, I wish people were interested not just because we're entering "austere" times. There's a lot of useful information about living simply and cheaply that (I think) we all should apply in times of surplus as well as in lean times. Also, I'll update the review with purchasing info. Glad to see it back in print, it's a book that I think should be in every designer's library. Yes, I wish people were interested not just because we’re entering “austere” times. There’s a lot of useful information about living simply and cheaply that (I think) we all should apply in times of surplus as well as in lean times.

Also, I’ll update the review with purchasing info. Glad to see it back in print, it’s a book that I think should be in every designer’s library.

]]> By: Jim Hennessey http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-37331 Jim Hennessey Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:31:45 +0000 http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/#comment-37331 j.erik, I just came across your review and appreciated it very much. Funny that we should be looking at the Nomadic philosophy again. I guess austere times are upon us. I was interested in your two criticisms, however. I thought, "Hey, I might learn something here that I can apply to future books". Well, point one about "out-of-print" is no longer the case. Schiffin books purchased the rights to NF1 and 2 and now publish the two together in a new volume. Point two was about the typeface. Amazingly, the entire book was hand-printed by Victor. All of the pages for the books were "camera-ready" and were not typeset. So the "unreadable" text is a sort-of personal touch by Vic himself. My son Michael, a Graphic Designer, has considered doing a "Papanek Bold" font. Anyway, thought you'd like to know. Best Wishes, Jim Hennessey j.erik,

I just came across your review and appreciated it very much. Funny that we should be looking at the Nomadic philosophy again. I guess austere times are upon us.

I was interested in your two criticisms, however. I thought, “Hey, I might learn something here that I can apply to future books”.

Well, point one about “out-of-print” is no longer the case. Schiffin books purchased the rights to NF1 and 2 and now publish the two together in a new volume.

Point two was about the typeface. Amazingly, the entire book was hand-printed by Victor. All of the pages for the books were “camera-ready” and were not typeset. So the “unreadable” text is a sort-of personal touch by Vic himself. My son Michael, a Graphic Designer, has considered doing a “Papanek Bold” font.
Anyway, thought you’d like to know.

Best Wishes, Jim Hennessey

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