{"product_id":"alphabetical-playground","title":"Alphabetical Playground","description":"\u003cp\u003eDriven by a fascination with the alphabet as a vessel for unlimited visual concepts, systems and languages, \u003cem\u003eAlphabetical Playground \u003c\/em\u003eexplores a wide range of themes concerning expression in text. It presents a series of graphic experiments that investigate and manipulate the building blocks of language. Beginning as a series of ongoing variable type experiments, unused project concepts and playful takes on existing letterform typologies, the book is an attempt to consolidate these varying ideas into a playful collection of Alphabets, a showcase of how far we can push the medium of type design and structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately—although it may not always be immediately apparent—everything on these pages is language. This work demonstrates how text allows us to embed our thoughts, beliefs and systems within it: a code within a code, a game within a game, a system within a system. It serves as a reminder of the alphabet’s enormous potential to transcend its fundamental purpose as a tool for communication and instead become a limitless space for creative expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNigel Cottier's new book of experimental type ideas is an investigation into how we can use the Alphabet as a container for countless graphic systems, conceptual ideas, and endless play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword from Hamish Muir, \u003cem\u003eAlphabetical Playground\u003c\/em\u003e is Nigel Cottier’s second book on experimental type, following the success of\u003cem\u003e Letterform Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, released in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Nigel Cottier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Slanted Publishers, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 696 pages, b\u0026amp;w offset, 6.3 × 7.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-3-94-844087-9 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48605840376062,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1681\/2497\/files\/AlphabeticalPlayground.jpg?v=1784922315","url":"https:\/\/draw-down.com\/products\/alphabetical-playground","provider":"Draw Down","version":"1.0","type":"link"}