A continued focus on a-holes
A clip from one of the a-hole wallpapers on Canham's CSA Creative Studio site.
A little more than a year ago we mentioned local designer Curtis Canham's project regarding a-holes.
You know, the negative spaces in the middle of the letter "A" in a typeface.
Canhan had a Kickstarter project going to publish a coffee table book about the topic, and it was successfully funded. Book blurbage:
A-HOLES: A TYPE BOOK is a cleverly-written art book that explores the negative space enclosed by the letter 'A'. While it makes a perfectly fun and cheeky coffee table book, its foundations are firmly rooted in the foundations and facts of typography. Curtis covers topics such as the anatomy of an A-hole, recognizing various typographic families of A-holes, the history of A-holes, and infamous/famous A-holes throughout history while spicing it all up with a healthy dose of humor and perhaps a few borderline puns. Put it all together and you have a refreshing, comedic take on a typically dry, dull topic. You'll never look at type the same way again, and no doubt you'll soon be seeing A-Holes everywhere!
We heard from Canham recently that's he's working with a literary agent to get the book picked up by a publisher for wider distribution. And in the meantime he's continuing his close study of a-holes with an Instagram account dedicated to them.
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