Sneak preview of the disc face artwork for the new album by Blunt Mechanic (ex-Kind of Like Spitting) for Barsuk Records.

New season of board graphics for Lesque in the Print + Product section.

New season of skateboard graphics for Tokyo’s top indie skateboard company, Lesque. Collaborative design with the Lesque team. Photos by 芝崎 佳子 and 瀬ノ上俊毅.

Maryland Lettering & Type book launch:

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Falvey Hall in the Brown Center
Thursday, October 29
6:30–8:30 PM.

New York Lettering & Type book launch party:

Tuesday, November 17 at 7:00 PM (free and open to the public)
The Cooper Union
Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography

The highlight of the evenings will be Fan Letter: 26 Artists and Designers Present Their Favorite Letter or Typographic Character, featuring designers, artists, and musicians (including many contributors to Lettering & Type) giving a two-minute ode to an alphabet letter or typographic character. These may range from multimedia presentations, performances, videos, stories, poems, animations, songs, stand-up comedy, rants, short plays, demonstrations, Gregorian chants, etc—however they choose to depict their letter.

Prior to Fan Letter, there will be a reception with authors Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals, as they help kick off a participatory Exquisite Corpse Alphabet and sign copies of Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces.

Artists, designers, illustrators, and musicians participating in Fan Letter:
Ken Barber & Ben Kiel—Delaware, House Industries (H); Kim Bost and Ted McGrath—New York (T); Andrew Byrom—Los Angeles (N); Jennifer Daniel—New York, New York Times (D); John Downer—Iowa City (J); Shaun Flynn—Baltimore (W); Brockett Horne—Baltimore, MICA (¶); Gary Kachadourian—Baltimore (P); Justin Thomas Kay—New York (&); John Langdon—Philadelphia (X); Eric Leshinsky—Baltimore (*); Ian Lynam—Japan (B); Joe Macleod—Baltimore, City Paper (U); Kelley McIntyre—Baltimore (G); Abbott Miller—Baltimore, Pentagram (A); Adam Okrasinski—New York (K); Kevin O’Neill and Karisa Senavatis—New York, Will Work For Good (C); Jennifer Cole Phillips—Baltimore, MICA (S); Robby Rackleff—Baltimore, Blue Leader (M); Theresa Segreti—Baltimore (O); Whitney Sherman—Baltimore (F); Kevin Sherry—Baltimore, Squidfire (Z); Justin Sirois—Baltimore, Narrow House Recordings (Y); Scott Sugiuchi—Baltimore, Exit10 (Q); Tore Terrasi—Boston (I); Sara Tomko—Baltimore (E); Carlos Vigil—Baltimore (R).

Took time out to shoot the latest line of Lesque skateboard graphics with my pals 芝崎 佳子 and 瀬ノ上俊毅 the other day, as well as the images for an upcoming feature in Idea Magazine.

New work in the identity design section for Portland, Oregon multimedia partnership Upswell.

Identity for Portland, Oregon multimedia production company Upswell. A comprehensive library of assorted visual components was created for their identity including distorted halftone imagery, isometric illustrations, and logotype variations. A muted color palette and thorough typographic standards were created as part of the identity package. The package includes business cards, envelopes, letterhead, notepaper, buckslips, and reel packaging.

My new typeface Ensenada is available now through MyFonts.

I have some work in this new book, Graphic Design Referenced, edited by Byony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit.

The Japanese version of The Art of Saying Hello 3 is out now.

The Japanese version of Smart Designs: Business Cards is out now, as well.

I put together a limited edition, numbered booklet about graffiti in Tokyo to accompany my lecture at Arttalking #2 in Roppongi.