VirginiaCenterfortheBookBookArtsProgram2019AnnualMember’sProject:CollaborationIdeasTITLE:“20-20Revision”or“HindsightIs20/20”

• TOPIC:sharingourvisions/revisionsofrecenthistoricalmoments• INSPIRATION:Fromtheaphorism,"Hindsightis20/20";fromthevintageeyechartusedtotest

vision;andinanticipationoftheupcomingyear• CONCEPT:Intheupcomingyear,2020,willweseethingsdifferently?Willourvisionofself,

family,community,nation,society,world,planet…change?Willitblurorsharpen,orwillwelosesightofitaltogether?

• SKILLS:typographyandtypesetting,visualdesignplay,printingandprint-making

TITLE:RSVP

• TOPIC:storiedinvitationsandannouncements,actualorfictive(variation:imaginarystatedinnermenus)

• INSPIRATION:theuntoldstoriesbehindformalprintedephemera• CONCEPT:Composetextandimagestocontextualizeanotherwiseordinaryprintedinvitationor

announcement(ormenu).Theoccasioncanberealorimagined,andnotnecessarilycelebratory–ananniversary,birth,retirement,funeral,reunion,fundraiser,whatever.Theinvitations,printedassmallbroadsides,canbeboundtogetherinanenvelopebook.

• SKILLS:hand-printedimagesandtext,alltechniques;anew,simplebindingstructure(envelopebook)

TITLE:©-FreePoetry

• TOPIC:reprintingformerlycopyright-protectedpoetry• INSPIRATION:freeaccesstonotablepoetryandlyricsthathaveenteredthepublicdomain

duringthisyear’smassexpirationofcopyrights(e.g.,poetryorlyricsbyRobertFrost,WillaCather,EdnaSt.VincentMillay,KahlilGibran,e.e.cummings,JellyRollMortonandothers)

• CONCEPT:portfolioofpoetrybroadsidescontainingfavoriteworkrecentlyreleasedfromcopyrightprotection

• SKILLS:typographyandtypesetting,design,printmaking,portfoliomaking

TITLE:Datadriven[notthebesttitle,justastartingpoint]

• TOPIC:Uniqueapproachestomakingcharts,graphsandinfographicsofthingsthatarenottypicallyseenas"data"

• INSPIRATION:Graphsthataren'tyourtypicalbarorlinegraphsofthingslikestatesofmindanddailyminutiathataren'treallyscientificorresearch-baseddata.Examples:WorkofAndrewKuoinNYTimesMagazine:http://information.ysdn.ca/post/20523898419/wheelofworry;https://artsbeat.blogs.

nytimes.com/2010/06/09/chart-big-bois-general-patton/;https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/9452/products/KUO_charts_art_2_1024x1024.jpg?v=1417996284Otherartists:https://www.pinterest.co;m/pin/156500155780289838/

• CONCEPT:Thereisagrowingtrendinbusiness,education,andotherfieldsfor"data-driven"decisionmaking,dataanalytics,andbigdata.Thisprojectcouldcommentontheseandothertrendsinvariousways,suchas:Presenting"data"aboutsomethingthat'snotmeasurableinanyobjectivewayUsingeye-catchingdesigntomakeapointseemimportantObscuringactualdatathroughdesignorinventingdatatosupportone'sownends

• SKILLS:Typographyandtypesetting,visualdesign,printingandprint-making

TITLE:Encoded[notthebesttitle,justastartingpoint]

• TOPIC:Abookofcodes,withtheirsolutionsinaseparatesectionintheback.Codescouldbebroadlyinterpretedtoincludelettersubstitution,symbols,thingshiddeninplainsight,iconography(asinreligiouspaintings),handsignals,oranythingelsethatcouldbeconsideredacode.

• INSPIRATION:Creatingwaystohidemessagesisanancientartwithcontemporaryresonanceindiscussionsofspying,computercoding,

• CONCEPT:Inadditiontobeingvisuallybeautiful,abookofcodescouldfunifpeoplewanttotrytocrackthecodes.

• SKILLS:Typographyandtypesetting,visualdesign,printingandprint-making

TITLE:MapsoftheWord

TOPIC:Mapsthatarerenderingsofconceptsrelatedtoletters,word,type.Ormapsofimaginaryplaces.INSPIRATION:Aboundatlasofmapsorcollectionofbroadsideswouldproducesomebeautifulworkforauction.CONCEPT:Therehavebeenmany,manymapsofimaginaryplaces,andwewouldhavetodistinguishoursinsomeway.Wemightinterpretthisbroadlytoincludemapsofstatesofmindsandotherabstractconceptsthatarenotreallyplaces.Orwecouldputaframeonitthatmapsshouldrelateinsomewaytoletters,printing,words,historyoftype,likeBonnie'sexample.SKILLS:Typographyandtypesetting,visualdesign,printingandprint-making

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APeruvianretablo,non-religioussubjectstopandbottom

Structure:gate-foldedportfoliobox

50thweddinganniversaryengravedinvitationcontextualizedwithanoriginalaquatintandetching