PRINTED MATERIAL
1991 to present
The first thing, back in 1991, was the letterhead. After I decided that Failure Institute should exist, I felt it needed official stationary. As we were living in Italy at the time, I was lucky to find a small printshop in Florence willing to do an order. Letterpress, old lead font. Hard to find now days.
This was sent out from Italy with a one line message:
"We are ready when you are."
Failure Institue Certificates and Banknotes:
25 Unit
Back in Eureka in 1993, there was another small printshop still using letterpress, Lambert & McKeehan. They also had dusty racks of old certificate blanks. I bought quite a few, but should have bought more. This was the first Failure Institute certificate, modeled on a stock certificate.
The back of the 25 Unit Failure Institute certificate.
5 Unit
This 5 unit certificate was issued in 1996. Also working with Lambert & McKeehan with some additional color from my inkjet.
The back of the 5 unit certificate.
1 Unit
The 1 unit certificate, now more like a banknote, was issued as an enclosure with the
Summer 2002 issue of Cabinet Magazine, an issue devoted to Failure.
50 Unit
This 50 Unit Banknote was issued in 2004 as a part of an exhibition in Germany entitled
"Magnificent Failure"
44 Unit
This is the most recent Certificate/Banknote issued in 2011 for
"The Exhibition at the End of Time, at the End of the World", December, 2012.
