“Communication design students at the College for Creative Studies spent a day in a design archive searching for typography in unexpected spaces. This collaborative specimen book documents that day and the following weeks spent reconstructing and deconstructing what we learned. Presented here are thirteen new type specimens inspired by our complex and often messy past. Students learned how to design type, discovered the joy of historical research, and redefined the parameters of design practice to include making for your own purpose and the power of collaborating with others every step of the way.”

© Stephanie Hoff/Jake Lobb/Mariana Matos/Victoria Nichols/Elizabeth Nutting/Haley Petz/Brenna Potter/Madi Ritenburgh/Skylar Swetay/Alyssa Terry/J’Von Tolbert/Lucy van Eerde/Lashelle Vasquez