The Kaba Ornament

First Edition, 2006. 502 pages.

Book measures 7.25 x 10 inches. Paper-covered boards. Text in Dutch and English. Experiments by de Does with a typographical ornament and its mirror image in vignettes, borders, and patterns.

The Arabic word kaba means "cube" when translated into English. The idea became the basis of a 30-year, sketch based investigation into the seemingly endless combinations of this graphic form for the late Dutch typographer and type design Bram de Does. The collection of work presents a seemingly endless combination of patterns, ornaments, and borders built on a single abstract asymmetric form (and it's mirror version) designed by de Does. Original notes documenting his method of construction and approach to this multi-decade project accompany the abstract ornaments and original sketches.

A Fine copy.