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Concrete Collaborations

Type–not dead trees

Ian Hamilton Finlay, once a leading figure in the concrete poetry movement, relies on collaborators to realise concepts ranging from postcards and posters to inscriptions, sundials and other three dimensional works in his famous garden at Little Sparta and many public installations around the world. Michael Harvey has been a collaborator since 1970, and tells of his work with this challenging and sometimes controversial artist.

Michael Harvey (Copenhagen 2001)
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Michael Harvey

Michael Harvey ( unbelievably celebrating his 70th birthday in November 20011) is a widely­experienced lettering designer, carver, teacher and author, with several typefaces in the Agfa Monotype and Adobe Originals libraries. He continues to design type for Fine Fonts, the company he recently co-founded with Andy Benedek.