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A Pedestrian Series of Postcards

Design Category
Book design, 1976
Designers
Tim Burns , Sara Seagull
Collection
(1977) The Book Show: Not Exactly Books
Description

A book detailing a post card campaign to instigate crosswalks (pedestrian crossings) in a country town in Australia. The book includes the post cards (color Xerox) as they were sent out and the newspaper from Mildura residents which document public response to his campaign, Why Cars?


Credits
Illustrator: Tim Burns
Production manager: Sara Seagull
Author: Tim Burns
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Pages: 42
Quantity printed: first printing of 500
Typefaces: Text in 11/12 Compugraphics American Typewriter, Display in Compugraphic American Typewriter Bold
Typesetter: Walter Robinson
Printers: Tim Burns, Jamie Canvas
Printing methods: Text: photo offset, black/white illustrations: line work offset; by Zaccar Offset; 4-color illustrations: color Xerox duplication, Book contains sixteen pages of photo offset and ten pages of color Xerox original duplications hand done by Tim Burns
Binder: E & M Bindery
Binding materials: Tuscan Peninsular tan cover stock, 130 basis double thick, plastic comb, black
Publisher: The Burns Family Press