Choix de Vivre book
Choix de Vivre

By Typography and the Book Arts Class
Claremont, California: Scripps College Press, 2008. Edition of 90.

9.5 x 9"; 72 pages. 12 pt. Letterpress printed with centaur type on Nideggen paper. Linoleum and reduction block images. Exposed spine binding. Deep purple textured cloth (suggesting clouds and birds?) over board.

Professor Kitty Maryatt, for the Introduction: "The process of producing a limited edition letterpress book involves extensive decision-making. What is the overarching idea of the book? Where do we get imagery? How does it relate to the text? What kind of techniques will we use? What is our budget? When is the publication party? These questions are addressed every semester at the Scripps College Press. Since such a plethora of choices is inherent to the book-making process, and indeed to everyday life, we thought that we might focus on the act of making a decision, explore possible consequences of those decisions and even evaluate decisions that are made for you. This led us to our title for this book about life's choices, a pun on joie de vivre."

Text and images by six students.
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