LACY SOTO | DATE 9/7/2024

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore presents Michael Doret launching 'Growing Up in Alphabet City'

Join Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore Saturday, September 7, at 3 PM for the LA book launch of Growing Up in Alphabet City: The Unexpected Letterform Art of Michael Doret with artist Michael Doret in conversation with graphic designer, calligrapher and former Disney marketing exec John Sabel. Book signing with Doret to follow. RSVP AND PRE-ORDER A SIGNED COPY HERE!

In this vivid and humorous monograph-meets-memoir, Los Angeles–based lettering supremo Michael Doret shares his top-secret tricks for making mere words into iconic words-as-images for clients such as Disney, Pixar, Time, Kiss the Knicks and more. With more than 700 images, Growing Up in Alphabet City traces Doret’s influences from 1950s Brooklyn to 2000s LA, showcasing his clever logo, signage and poster projects along the way. It also presents and preserves the pre-digital process of custom lettering—from initial pencil sketches to printer mechanicals to final art (plus some spurned client proposals for good measure!).

ARTBOOK AT HAUSER & WIRTH LOS ANGELES BOOKSTORE
Michael Doret and John Sabel launching 'Growing Up in Alphabet City: The Unexpected Letterform Art of Michael Doret'
Saturday, September 7, 3:00 PM
917 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: 213-988-7413
Click here to RSVP and pre-order a signed copy