Kyle Evan Lynam R.I.P. You are missed.
I had a type design experiment, a bit of writing, and some work I designed published recently in the book 30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime. I can’t really vouch for the book, as I haven’t seen a copy, yet, but I hope so. Cyrus Highsmith, Akira Kobayashi, Wolfgang Weingart, Matthew Carter, and Josh Berger all have writing in there, as well, so I have high hopes that it’s rad.
In Sapporo for the Snow Festival. Just amazing.
Graniph just released my first sweatshirt design for them- a vintage-feel weathered velour pullover crewneck with a gold and black embroidered crest on the chest. Hot, hot, hot.
Just finished a music video for O. Lamm, whose new album just came out on Audio Dregs. E*Rock is on tour, so the video won’t go up on their site for a while. For the folks who actually check out this site on occasion, I have posted it here.
New article up over on PingMag titled “Toward Design Literacy:Essential Graphic Design Literature”.
Also, two new fonts of mine are available via Wordshape. The first is called Inversion and the second is called Vorganger Grotesk. Both are revivals of old German lettering.
New article up on PingMag about the life and times of Dutch design rocker Harmen Liemburg.
Garage Gear’s women’s line added to apparel section.
It appears that FontShop’s last issue of Font Magazine has sold out. You can download a pdf version of the feature article I wrote about graffiti for that issue here. Please download it to conserve bandwidth, as opposed to opening it via a browser- it is print-resolution and will take ages to view in a web browser.
Work-wise, doing a number of shirts for Velvet Revolver and some identity projects in the works.
Happy New Year! Looking forward to exciting stuff in the New Year.
Just finished up a rasher of apparel graphics for Meat Loaf and cooking up some other fun stuff.
I was just interviewed over at Portland’s fashion/style/culture blogUltra.
From Fontshop’s latest e-newsletter:
MADE WITH FONTFONT: THE BOOK
“Made with FontFont”, edited by FontShop co-founder Erik Spiekermann and Dutch writer-designer Jan Middendorp, showcases the history and influence of the award-winning foundry. The book is replete with real-world examples of FontFonts in use, from high-profile ad campaigns for big automakers and fast food giants to iconic poster designs for the Tyson/Tubbs heavyweight battle in Tokyo and New York’s Shakespeare in the Park.
“Made with FontFont” includes art and articles by Strange Attractors, John D. Berry, Peter Bilak, Neville Brody, Susanna Dulkinys, Eboy, Rian Hughes, Max Kisman, Akira Kobayashi, LettError, Ellen Lupton, Ian Lynam, Martin Majoor, Albert-Jan Pool, Paula Scher, Christian Schwartz, Nick Shinn, Fred Smeijers, Studio Dumbar, and xplicit.
“Made with FontFont” is a companion to “FiFFteen”, an exhibition celebrating FontFont and FUSE. The show has been traveling internationally, with previous stops including Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, London, and New York. “FiFFteen” will open in Los Angeles in the spring.
This weird string of apparel items for dead Beatles continues… new shirts for Geaorge Harrison in the Apparel section. Bizarro.
A new article up on PingMag about the life and times of designer Sean Tejaratchi and his clip art zine, Crap Hound.