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The Untied States Of America.
Peace Surplus.
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Something For Everybody From U&lc
My 1974-75 graphic design class at The Cooper
Union was graced with the enrollment of a few
students from the Parsons School of Design.
How that was arranged was inconsequential.
What was more important was the exceptional
ability of these students.
During one of our nocturnal sessions at my
studio, Alan Wood showed me a series of little
books which he had conceived, designed, and
written as a class assignment for his Parsons'
instructor, James Frangides. I selected one of
these for inclusion in U£991c with the brief statement
below by the author/designer. H.L.
"My assignment was to make a personal
statement about the Bicentennial. I challenged
myself to use cliche's about America, and produce
a booklet that was still visually refreshing.
The original words and pictures have been slightly
altered, which makes you think more about
what the words are really saying. Gorilla is the
typeface used throughout. As this booklet is a
satire based on traditional ideas, I believe Gorilla
itself is a typographical satire on traditional
Roman typefaces!' AlanWood
lEll ...ik river or stream
Optimist and
Pessimist by
McLandburgh
Wilson.
Twixt the optimist
and pessimist the
difference is droll:
The optimist sees
the doughnut but
the pessimist sees
the hole.
.. Biblical/Ezra ii,42