Jencksiana

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Scope note(s)

  • The Jencksiana, a stepped motif with a semi-circular arch, was designed as Jencks’ personal trademark, and was used in several of Jencks’ design projects including The Cosmic House in London and the Elemental House in Rustic Canyon, California.

Source note(s)

  • https://www.jencksfoundation.org/explore/image/jencks-typeface

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Jencksiana

6 Archival description results for Jencksiana

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Drawings mostly Furniture
CJA-TCH-a-41 · File · nd [1978-1984]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of an envelope labelled 'Drawings Mostly furniture'.

Includes:
-photocopied and pencil sketch chair designs
-magazine cutting of Jencksian motifs
-pencil drawings of a tall building labelled 'cosmos' at the top
-photocopied, photographic paper andread more

CJA-TCH-a-39 · File · 1978-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Bundle of drawings with a covering page labelled 'Rear Elevation'. The bundle is wrapped in a whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership labelled 'C&M Jencks House: conservatory sketch Nov 1980' with manuscript annotations.

Within the bundle, there isread more

Colosseum/Palazzo
CJA-RES-AL-DL-8-4 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Cardboard box used to store slides, annotated 'Colosseum - pillar/arch, heavy/light, Venetian, villa / Palazzo' in red ink.
Body
CJA-RES-AL-DL-8-3 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Cardboard box addressed to Lady Kewsick, Portrack House, used to store slides, annotated 'Body' in red ink inside a Jencksiana design and 'Primitive' also in red ink.
Post-Modern Classicism
CJA-RES-AL-B13-6-33 · Item · 1980
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Guest-edited by Charles; includes an introduction and an article titled 'London Flat' by Charles [photos include Maggie and a Jencksiana]

Publisher: Academy Editions

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