I Am Ham Fam Pins

Are you part of the Hamilton Family, aka Ham Fam? Proclaim it proudly with these enamel pins.  "I AM HAM FAM" is written in the Museum's Type Legacy Font, Mardell. The pins are backed on recycled make-ready posters from the press room.  About Mardell: New York-based designer Louise Fili drew upon her love of Futurist typography for this typeface called Mardell. Named after retired type cutter Mardell Doubek who worked at Hamilton Manufacturing from 1968 until 1995 first as an upholsterer, then type cutter. She began volunteering at the museum shortly after it opened in 1999, demonstrating the operation of Hamilton's original pantographs. She has passed on her knowledge of this craft to the next generation of type cutters. Louise is an internationally celebrated creative director, graphic designer, type designer, and author. Formerly senior designer for Herb Lubalin, Fili was art director of Pantheon Books from 1978 to 1989.