Identity for Atelier Christely, a boutique jewelry design studio in Paris’ 1st Arrondissement. The identity is comprised of logo, typographic standards, letterhead, business card, envelope, and note paper.

Identity and print design for Zone 5 In The City, the Arroyo Arts Collective’s temporary site-specific installation exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition ran from April through May 2008. “Zone 5 in the City” refers to permaculture’s classification of “Zone 5” as the wilderness zone from which we learn the important lesson of working with nature not against it. The exhibition is a project that brings professional artists together with Franklin High School students to explore the issue of sustainability through the construction of site-specific installations on the grounds of the Audubon Center at Debs Park.

Logo variant for boutique U.K. advertising agency Accept & Proceed. I was invited along with a host of other talented individuals to create a logo family for A&P. This isometric logo treatment is comprised of the katakana characters エ (ay) and ピ (pi), the phonetic equivalents of A&P.

Identity and print design for 333 Recordings, an independent electronic music label based out of Oakland, California. I worked with 333’s owner, Matt Thompson since the label’s inception, crafting an identity that is unique and affordable to produce. Record sleeves, CD labels, business cards, note cards, and buck slips were all printed on one press sheet using silver ink on assorted brightly colored stocks. Each 7″ record release’s label is a unique typographic composition using the house typefaces.

Identity and branding for Le Pigeon, a French restaurant in Portland, Oregon. I worked with Le Pigeon’s owners and branded the business from its inception, creating a holistic identity system including typographic standards, print advertising, online advertising, website, press release kits, menus, wine lists, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, and apparel. Le Pigeon has won accolades in Gourmet, The New York Times, Bon Appetit, The Washington Post, People, along with a James Beard Award along the way.

New essay about Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica published in Idea Magazine No. 331. 
New interview with the mighty Lullatone on PingMag. 
A number of my logos were published in Los Logos 4.
I have a piece in this new show in Brooklyn.
I also have a piece in this new show of WKTokyoLab work in Los Angeles.
Meeting Modernity, the new Néojaponisme traveling exhibition of found photography, debuted at Young Art in Los Angeles. It opens next on January 8th in Portland, Oregon at Reading Frenzy.
New website for White Rabbit Press’ Tokyo Realtime.
New logo revealed for the 2009 PDX Film Fest.
Otherwise, still manning the helm at VLU and Néojaponisme.

Lullatone

Mumbreeze

Mr. King, the Malaysian Seal Engraver

Mo’ Relax

Codename: Stripe

Disembodied Wings: The Illustration Work of David D’Andrea

Toward Design Literacy

Things I Know About Harmen Liemburg

CrapHound

Bright Lights, Big City: Los Angeles Graffiti On Screen & In Print

The Temple of Light and Sound

Snow Days & Summer Shortcake

Wooster Collective

Shock of the Neue

A Critical Look at 25 Years of i-D

PMKFA

Akira Kobayashi: Transcending Typographic Boundaries

Ricardo Cordoba wrote a really comprehensive review of my book Parallel Strokes on the design criticism website Speak Up. It is probably the “best” review of the book that has been published in that it looks at the book holistically and face-forward, giving honest criticism and being very thoughtful.

New line of board graphics for Tokyo-based skateboard powerhouseLesque. See the Instrument and Letterscape boards here. See Shinichi Ito’s and Junichi Arahata’s pro models here. Itoshin is the sickest pro in Japan today- check it!

New essay in the latest issue of Idea about the movie Beautiful Losers. 
New video for the song “Day Ditty” by Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think) and E#Vax (Ratatat). 
New tee shirt for Graniph.
Opening next month in Los Angeles for Meeting Modernity, Néojaponisme’s first travelling exhibition.
Moji Salvage, a new series of mini-essays and historical samples of lettering for Néojaponisme.
A new podcast of Japanese punk, hardcore, thrash, and d-beat for Néojaponisme.
A new sketchbook, greeting card set, mini notebooks, and another greeting card set for Tenth and Grant.
Music video and design/illustration work in the much heralded new book, Tokyo.Ten, from Wieden + Kennedy’s WKTokyoLab.
Also, a new poster in the WKTokyoLab show at Claska in Tokyo.
New logo for Yacht.
Upcoming: 
An essay for the first Brand New School monograph.
Video installation for Scion’s latest Installation tour. It opens in Detroit at C Pop Gallery on October 4th. The tour will also be exhibiting at Art Basel Miami.
New website for photographer Patrick Tsai.