A Little Lagniappe For Design Nerds
Sorry - no food today. But so many people wrote to say they were interested in my father’s career that I thought I might share this 1984 article from Columbia Library Columns (the magazine ceased publication in 1997).
Tomorrow we’ll return to the table.
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This is truly awesome and much valued especially bc i grew up with a great appreciation of design. my great uncle Nathan George Horwitt was an industrial designer, most known for the Movado Museum Watch. his archives are in the Cooper Hewitt Museum and he will have a big chapter in my upcoming memoirs!
I so enjoyed reading this article. Your father’s career was amazing! Such an innovator, and I love that he continued throughout his life to experiment with book design. I knew some of the people mentioned in the article— Jeanyee Wong was my friend and calligraphy teacher, and I met the legendary Herman Zapf at a talk he gave at the Grolier Club many years ago. The descriptions of the process of book design and book manufacturing bring back fond memories of my time working as a customer service rep for Hadden Craftsman. It was always a treat to paginate books and help publishers select cover and binding materials.
You must be so proud of your dad’s career and I’m thankful that you shared it with us. I’ll be keeping an eye out for the books that he designed. 💫