CRAFT & CO. PRESS · EST. 1924№ 04 · WINTER ISSUE

★ PRINTED · NOV 22

★ A MANIFESTO · ISSUE FOUR

MAKE ITSLOWLY.

Four laws, eight figures, one ledger. A short field-manual for makers who refuse to be hurried.

BY M. KOVALEVA · TYPE BY R. LANSING · INK BY P. ADELMANNPRESS-RUN № 0184

CRAFT & CO. PRESS★ THE CREED02 / 12

If the work cannot be done well at half speed, then it cannot be done well at full speed either.

— SET INTO TYPE, OCTOBER · BY THE FOUNDER

CREED · ARTICLE I02 / 12

CRAFT & CO. PRESS★ THE FOUR LAWS03 / 12

★ THE FOUR LAWS · NEVER NEGOTIABLE

FOUR LAWS, IN ORDER.

I. Begin nothing on the same day a letter is answered.

FOUR LAWS · ARTICLE II03 / 12

CRAFT & CO. PRESS★ FIG. 04 · PATENT № 184,20104 / 12

★ FIG. 04 · MECHANICAL DRAWING

THE PRESS, IN SECTION.

① CHEEK · upper plate
cast iron · 14.4 kg · adjustable height ★

FIG. 04 · DRAWN BY R. LANSING, 1924 · NTS04 / 12

CRAFT & CO. PRESS★ LEDGER № 04 · NOV 202605 / 12

★ LEDGER · WORKSHOP ACCOUNT

TWELVE ENTRIES, ONE QUIET WEEK.

DATE	ENTRY	FOLIO	DEBIT	CREDIT
NOV 18	Paper · Munken Pure · 12 reams	F-184	€842.00	—

LEDGER · BALANCED BY P.A. ★ INITIALS05 / 12

CRAFT & CO. FOUNDRY★ TYPE SPECIMEN · ROCKWELL CRAFT06 / 12

★ SPECIMEN · A NEW CUTTING

ROCKWELL CRAFT · A SLAB FACE.

Aa Bb Cc 96 pt · BOLD

Build it well, slowly. 54 pt · BOLD

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 30 pt · REGULAR

0123456789 — & ★ ☞ ¶ § ¥ £ € · ‘quotes’ “quotes” 16 pt · REGULAR

FOUNDRY MARK

METRICS · x-HEIGHT 0.52 em · CAP-HEIGHT 0.72 em · ASCENT 0.84 em

SPECIMEN · ROCKWELL CRAFT · NEW CUTTING06 / 12

CRAFT & CO. CATALOG★ PLATE 184 · ITEM № A-2018-018407 / 12

★ PLATE 184 · A SINGLE OBJECT

THE WORKSHOP CHAIR, NO. 2.

REF № A-2018-0184

MATERIAL Quartersawn oak · iron straps

DIMENSIONS H 86 cm · W 42 cm · D 38 cm

FINISH Hand-rubbed beeswax, three coats

MAKING TIME 42 hours · single maker

PRICE €1,840

★ NOTE FROM THE MAKER

Wood selected from a single oak felled in the Black Forest, January 2024. Six chairs from one tree. This is № 4 of 6.

PLATE 184 · DRAWN BY R.L.07 / 12

CRAFT & CO. PRESS★ THE WORKING METHOD08 / 12

★ HOW WE MAKE A CHAIR · FOUR STAMPS

FOUR STAMPS, IN SEQUENCE.

I.
★ STAMP

SELECT A single felled tree, dried for two years.

FOUR STAMPS · THE METHOD08 / 12

CRAFT & CO.★ THE YEAR IN FOUR FIGURES09 / 12

★ A SHORT ACCOUNTING · 2026

THE YEAR, IN FOUR HONEST FIGURES.

CHAIRS MADE 84 ★ each signed and dated by the maker.

★ HONEST FIGURES · NO TRADE-INS COUNTED09 / 12

CRAFT & CO.★ A QUOTE FROM THE WORKSHOP10 / 12

The work has finished us, not the other way round; we simply put down the chisel when the wood agreed.

— ROLAND LANSING MASTER MAKER · FORTY YEARS AT THE BENCH

QUOTE · ARTICLE V10 / 12

CRAFT & CO. CATALOG★ HOUSES WE'VE MADE FOR11 / 12

★ NINE HOUSES WE'VE MADE FOR

CHAIRS, BENCHES, LADDERS — FOR THESE PEOPLE.

HALÁSZ & SONS

★ MUNICH · 2018

★ NINE NAMES STAMPED · TWELVE YEARS11 / 12

CRAFT & CO. PRESS★ COLOPHON · ISSUE FOUR12 / 12

★ A COLOPHON · END OF ISSUE

THE PRINTER'S MARK.

This issue was set in Rockwell Craft (a new cutting), printed in two passes — black and oxide red — on Munken Pure 120gsm kraft, in an edition of one thousand copies, all numbered and stamped by hand. The chairs are made one at a time, in a workshop on Hárászti utca, Munich. ★

★ R. Lansing, printer

№ 0184 OF 1,000