My first reaction to seeing a book called Letter Fontein in the bookshop of the Graphic Design Museum in Breda on a study trip in February was to wonder when it might become available in English. It’s a reflection of the world we now live in that the book in question, printed in China by a German publisher, but authored and designed by a Dutchman, is available in my own language (and Spanish, French and German), a mere ten or twelve weeks later...

Taschen offer a flick-through preview on their website at

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/design/all/06770/facts.letter_...

You can see bigger previews and find out more about the Dutch edition at

http://www.letterfontein.nl/

In the next weeks the translated versions of Letterfontein will appear worldwide in the bookstores. The English, French, Spanish and German versions are published by Taschen Publishers.