The typewriter may have become obsolete for committing thoughts to paper, but the object itself remains a powerful instrument for designers, artists, illustrators, poets, and writers, who have been ...

James Cook, a 25-year old- artist based in London, creates incredibly detailed drawings using typewriters. But why does he choose to draw using this dated machine? For 25-year-old London-based artist ...

A typewriter that paints? Artist Tyree Callahan modified this 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter to do just that, replacing each key with a different hue that can paint on paper. A chromatic ...

Along with vinyl records and vintage synthesizers, typewriters have made a nostalgia-fueled resurgence in the digital age. Take the Hemingwrite, a modern “distraction-free writing tool” promising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Cook said that it usually takes up to two weeks to create panoramic scenes of London (James Cook/PA) An architecture ...

Alan Riddell, ‘Typewriter Art’ (1975) (all images via monoskop.org) The archival project Monoskop.org has posted the entirety of Alan Riddell’s Typewriter Art (1975), an out-of-print volume collecting ...

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ding rings out from a home in India's Mumbai where Chandrakant Bhide is creating his latest artwork -- on a typewriter. The 72-year-old thumps the keys of the bulky, ...

In this hands-on session, the typewriter becomes a visual instrument: a machine for pressure, spacing, repetition, and productive error. We’ll work through short ...