Description

Letterpress poster

Letterpress poster, hand printed on a FTC Italian printing press; 300gsm, 100%  Fabriano cotton – (Colour: White), format 50×70 cm. Original prints, limited edition 1 of 2.

Design, wood type & prints by Petrescu Press

Context:
“What is Bauhaus?”

The letterpress poster highlights the following principles: the three main geometric shapes of the Bauhaus movement (circle, square, triangle); the three representative colors (blue, red, yellow) and four popular pieces of furniture:
– Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich;
– MT8 Lamp by William Wagenfeld and Carl Jakob Jucker;
– Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer;
– Nesting Tables by Josef Albers.