1st 2020 236pp P22 Publications large square hardback. Illustrated throughout. Pictorial boards. All edges gilt. NEW.
 
Ltd. ed. 1000 copies, signed by Licher. An aesthetic expedition through the archives of Independent Project Records and Press.
 
This book is the first extensive monograph on Bruce Licher's Independent Project Records & Press. Over 200 pages of full colour illustrations, from mechanical process work to finished works of art, not only for his own creative projects (the essential post punk band Savage Republic) but also for outside clients such as REM, Stereolab, and Camper Van Beethoven, with insights into the creative process along the way. With the current explosion of interest in letterpress printing, many are looking to see how new work can be influenced by the past. Active since 1982, Bruce Licher’s Independent Project Press is a contemporary studio that has bridged technological eras and produced an unparalleled body of work. It has culled from the past while simultaneously turning it on its head with a distinct visual vocabulary that continues to influence current aesthetics. This book stands as a major documentation of one of the most influential letterpress studios currently in existence.
 
Bruce Licher is a musician, artist, and designer who founded Independent Project Press. In addition to packaging and releasing music on his own record label, Independent Project Records, and his other music-related clients, Independent Project Press also produces elegant and creative business stationery, invitations, wine labels, promotional stamp sheets and booklets, and numerous other pieces of letterpress-printed ephemera for clients large and small. Licher was nominated twice for a Grammy Award for his album packaging, and has been credited with starting the trend in letterpress-printed CD and record packaging using industrial-style chipboard.