The End: Hamburg 1943
Winterhouse Studio, Falls Village, Connecticut, 2004
Description
In the first English-language edition of The End, Hans Erich Nossack’s eyewitness account of the firebombing of Hamburg in 1943 has been elegantly translated and introduced by Joel Agee, and is accompanied by the wrenching photographs of Erich Andres. The direct, matter-of-fact presentation of the Hamburg experience of destruction warranted a respectful and similarly direct presentation: the crisp Dutch typeface Lexicon, on a simple Dutch grid. Completely black spreads signal breaks between sections, and Andres’ photography is treated to full-width display.
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 2004
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book
Credits
- Design firm
- Winterhouse Studio
- Creative director
- Jill Shimabukuro (University of Chicago Press)
- Art director
- William Drenttel
- Designers
- Don Whelan, William Drenttel
- Jacket designers
- Don Whelan, William Drenttel
- Photographer
- Erich Andres
- Author
- Hans Erich Nossack
- Editor
- Alan Thomas
- Publishers
- University of Chicago Press, Winterhouse Editions
- Trim size
- 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
- Pages
- 112
- Quantity printed
- 6,000
- Typefaces
- Lexicon No. 2, Gotham
- Binding method
- Cloth hardcover
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