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Join us at NYABF 2025 for Gathering in Practice, a panel inspired by our book A Toolkit for Gathering. With Joshua Duttweiler, Prem Krishnamurthy, Vera van de Seyp, and ULISES

🗓 Saturday, Sept 13, 2025 | 🕔 5–6 PM
📍 MoMA PS1, The Classroom
Register to attend: printedmatter.artsvp.com/b435cf

We're also delighted to have worked on the fair's identity with Printed Matter.

And it's been so fun to see people interacting with this year's poster!

We love the way the reflective ink shimmers in different light conditions. ☀️

NYABF 2025 Tickets | ARTSVP Welcome to the 2025 NY Art Book Fair! Visit the NYABF website to explore the exhibitor list, daily programming, and m...

Be sure to register as the event does sell out. The fair is great for people-watching, awesome books and zines, and pleasant conversations. What's better than talking about art and books with people who love and make them!?

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Sunday is free and sponsored by Nike!

Did you know Printed Matter's New York Art Book Fair is just around the corner? It's back at @momaps1.bsky.social - September 11-14, 2025. Over 250+ exhibitors!

More info, details and a full list of participants:
nyabf2025.printedmatterartbookfairs.org

Draw Down is excited to be a supporting sponsor of Jack Riley's new series, Hidden Characters.

Check out Jack's chat with graphic designer Forrest Huu Ta, as well as earlier conversations with Alejandro Rodriguez, Devin Wistendahl, and Chris Allen.

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Another fun event! If you're in New York and love art, printed matter, posters, and ephemera, head over to Available Works, returning May 16–18, 2025, at a new location: 180 Maiden Lane in NYC. Presented by Something Special Studio and WSA NYC, co-curated with Geoff Snack, in partnership with GOAT.

Join us this weekend in Pasadena for Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair! Draw Down will be at Booth D23 📚 ❤️

Held for the very first time at ArtCenter College of Design, the fair brings together over 320 exhibitors—publishers, designers, artists, friends—from 26+ countries.

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The Illustrated Poster in the Belle Époque showcased 150 works from Gustave Dutailly’s collection (1873–1900) at Le Signe in 2017. Designed by Ludovic Balland, the catalog highlights French poster art’s golden age and is a visual treasure chest.

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Briar Levit on design, feminism, and friendship: an illustrated interview tracing her creative journey through activism, teaching, and collaboration. Levit's design journey has been as rich and unexpected as a forest hike!

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Some Other Book(i)s(h) Logos

An artist book, coloring book, and guide to small press publishing featuring 174 logos from artists’ books, zines, photo book publishers, bookstores (including Draw Down!), and more.

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We've always wanted to visit the Clark Art Institute, so we're excited to have this opportunity. Help celebrate Artists’ Books Day, an annual celebration at the Clark honoring the library’s diverse collection of over 5,000 artists’ books. ❤️📚

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And this Sunday, we'll be at the Clark Art Institute in #Williamstown, #Massachusetts! We're thrilled to be participating in this year's Clark Art Book Expo, which runs from 11 AM to 4 PM on April 6. This will be an intimate event with a great mix of curated exhibitors + some fun programs!

We'll have a very special limited edition publication produced by students in our Graduate Form 2 course at @risd1877.bsky.social

Stop by our table and see their 🪨🪨**hard work**🪨🪨

For more information about RISD Unbound, and this year's exhibitors—RISD students and community, local artists and designers, as well as publishers, artists, designers, and print enthusiasts from across the region—check out
unbound.risd.edu

Visit Draw Down this Saturday at the RISD Unbound Art Book Fair in #Providence!

RISD UNBOUND is free and open to the public! The event celebrates artists’ books, zines, and experimental printed matter. This year’s event will take place on April 11, 2025 from 11am-5pm at RISD’s Fleet Library.

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Molecular Typography Laboratory

This speculative book delves into experimental typography, exploring the intersection of function versus aesthetics and content versus form. Four essays provide historical, cultural, and academic insights into typographic research.

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Dino Ignani: Dark Rome, 1982–1985

A very special book from Italy packed with portraits by Dino Ignani that capture 1980s Rome subcultures—specifically, the Dark scene, which blended Post-Punk, New Romanticism, and Goth. Includes reproductions of club fliers + essays.

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Just saw Marc yesterday and talked about this project! Thanks for being part of this important project to protect the USPS (something we rely on every day). ❤️

Book Fair 2025 — Multiple Formats Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium March 20–22, 2025 Boston University School of Visual Arts ︎︎︎ PROGRAMMING ︎︎︎ BOOK...

More details and a full list of exhibitors: multipleformats.cargo.site/Book-Fair-2025

If you're looking for zines, books, prints, type specimens, posters, limited edition apparel (t-shirts, customized hats, cyanotype tote bags), or very special one-of-a-kind items OR love talking to people about creative work, this is a brilliant event.

Stop by and grab a free poster!

We're excited to be tabling this year at this special event, a collaboration between Multiple Formats and the Boston Art Book Fair (Boston U. & the Boston Center for the Arts).

We'll have a table with lots of graphic design goodies plus there will be lots of fantastic other exhibitors!

Hey, Boston friends! Check out the Multiple Fairs Art Book Fair tomorrow - over 150 exhibitors (artists, designers, artist book publishers established and emerging) will fill the first floor of 808 Commonwealth, @bostonu.bsky.social - easy to get to by public transportation.

THIS THURSDAY AT 7 PM!

Have you reserved your free ticket for Ruby J. Thelot’s keynote lecture at Multiple Formats 2025 yet?

Follow this link and register now: rubythelotkeynote.eventbrite.com

Poster designed by the talented Madison Hoppler, Boston University Graphic Design MFA 2026 candidate!

Registration is open for this year's keynote lecture for Multiple Fairs (collab between Multiple Formats and the Boston Art Book Fair) bu cyberethnographer, designer and artist Ruby Thelot.

7 PM on March 20, free with registration, at Boston University:
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Avery Singer: Unity Bachelor
Available at www.draw-down.com

Designed by Mark Owens and
@ryangeraldnelson.bsky.social

The iconic paintings of New York–based Avery Singer are complex interpretations of contemporary social realities and technologies. Worlds emerge from airbrushed digital renderings.

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A limited-edition type specimen experimenting with different monochromatic iris printing methods on an offset printing press—showcasing type designs for Library, Film, and Amateur, all fonts designed by German designer and design educator Pierre Pané-Farré. draw-down.com/products/lib...

Octagon Variable Type Specimen - fresh in the shop from Germany's HAW Hamburg! Published by Pierre Pané-Farré + Pantograph, featuring an interpretation of Octagon wood blocks in the Rob Roy Collection in Austin. International inspiration for a dimensional typeface!

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A deep dive into the art & science of paper. Where craft meets mastery. Unveil a world where paper artistry converges with the precision of science. A beautifully crafted exploration into material that touches every facet of our lives. 📖

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Peach book on black background with hot pink and dark grey (almost black) text in English and Thai

New Thai Type

Documents @typotheque.com's extensive research + collaboration with local language experts and designers, resulting in the creation of more than 50 Thai font families. Includes an in-depth essay on the history of Thai typography 🇹🇭❤️

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