gebr.silvestri: Serious Play

Serious Play is a publication on type design by gebr.silvestri, made in collaboration with robstolk printing in Amsterdam.

This compact, intimate booklet contains various type designs from the Silvestri brothers’ design practice and is exquisitely printed with robstolk’s renowned printing technique.

Across 768 pages, the booklet presents the type designs for all numbers and letters in black and white as well as an overview of each typeface family. The publication also includes an introduction by Edgar Walthert of Letterspace Amsterdam and a critical essay by Maurice Meilleur of the College of Design at Iowa State University.