Obama Center

© Angie McMonigal Photography LLC I guess we all saw pictures of the newest Presidential Library, officially named the Obama Presidential Center which opened to the public on June 18th in Jackson Park in Chicago, and noticed that there were what looked like words on top. PRINT Magazine brings us this photo where we can actually read the inscription. It’s also spelled out below if you get tangled up un the 90º line breaks. The building was designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, while Pentagram collaborated in the creation and design of the inscription*. “The team reviewed numerous speeches delivered throughout Obama’s presidency before ultimately selecting excerpts from his 2015 speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery marches. The resulting installation, titled Words of Hope, reflects one of the defining themes of Obama’s public life and political career.” The letters are each 4 feet, 4 inches tall—which, in typographical terms, is approximately…