Identity positioning package for Japan PDX Imports, an importer of right hand drive vehicles to the United States from Japan. Identity includes all interior and exterior retail signage, stationery, apparel, and web design.

Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with nineteen contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.

Interviews within include conversations with pan-European type design collective Underware, Japanese type designer Akira Kobayashi, American graffiti writer and fine artist Barry McGee/Twist, German graffiti writers Daim and Seak, American lettering artist, graphic designer and design eductor Ed Fella, among others. Parallel Strokes is an enquiry into the history, context, and development of lettering today, both culturally approved and illicit.

Parallel Strokes spun out of my CalArts Graphic Design MFA thesis. I designed and self-published the book in 2008 after years of intermittently writing it and collecting visuals.

The book was released via my publishing imprint, Wordshape, in an edition of 1000 and sold out within a few months. The 240 page book was printed with a one-color interior on matte paper with a metallic 3-color UV gloss cover.

I also designed and released a number of promotional items for the book’s release. These included canvas tote bags in 2 color options, a blue/blue split-fountain screenprint and a magenta/Rubine Red split-fountain screenprint. I also designed a two-color 18″ by 24″ poster that featured the entire book laid out in thumbnail format. With a magnifying glass, one wasn’t required to buy the book- you could just squint and read the poster.

Though sold out, you can still see the Parallel Strokes website here.

Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with nineteen contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.

Interviews within include conversations with pan-European type design collective Underware, Japanese type designer Akira Kobayashi, American graffiti writer and fine artist Barry McGee/Twist, German graffiti writers Daim and Seak, American lettering artist, graphic designer and design eductor Ed Fella, among others. Parallel Strokes is an enquiry into the history, context, and development of lettering today, both culturally approved and illicit.

Parallel Strokes spun out of my CalArts Graphic Design MFA thesis. I designed and self-published the book in 2008 after years of intermittently writing it and collecting visuals.

The book was released via my publishing imprint, Wordshape, in an edition of 1000 and sold out within a few months. The 240 page book was printed with a one-color interior on matte paper with a metallic 3-color UV gloss cover.

I also designed and released a number of promotional items for the book’s release. These included canvas tote bags in 2 color options, a blue/blue split-fountain screenprint and a magenta/Rubine Red split-fountain screenprint. I also designed a two-color 18″ by 24″ poster that featured the entire book laid out in thumbnail format. With a magnifying glass, one wasn’t required to buy the book- you could just squint and read the poster.

Though sold out, you can still see the Parallel Strokes website here.

Artwork for Wieden + Kennedy’s new book W+K Tokyo Lab Tokyo Ten. I worked on the Hifana “Disconnect” video included on the DVD.

Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein of Klein Dytham architecture, clients extraordinaire, are on the cover of Axis Magazine at present… and lo and behold, Mark’s wearing the shirt I designed for them.

A collaborative project by Edith Abeyta and Judith Thissen part of the CO-OPs program initiated by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) seeking to understand the processes of commercialization in the cultural field by launching an art beer. The brewery and atelier is located at the University of Utrecht. Robert Tower is the brewer.

My collaborative beer sleeve that was designed and conceptualized with Michael Gentleman was featured in the exhibition and exhibition catalog.

Néojaponisme was given a glowing writeup in Theme Magazine a while ago. Our writing and design got the thumbs up. Whew!

Step Magazine gave my book Parallel Strokes a really nice write-up.

I had a few work samples printed in the Laurence King title One Hundred @ 360.

I had my Tokyo.Future video featured in Grafik Magazine’s article on QOOB.