One of my favorite artists, Wild Nothing (i.e. Jack Tatum), released an album this past week with 11 new tracks and wrapped in a design from SEEN Studios’ Rob Carmichael.
Read MoreThe latest album from the brilliant singer-songwriter Eleanor Friedberger features packaging design by artist Mike Reddy. He makes use of ITC Avant Garde Gothic throughout, and complements it with his sharp type design in the title treatment on the album’s cover and disc face.
Read MoreGot a couple of albums in the mail on Friday, one of them by Julia Holter. The album, called “Have You In My Wilderness” is astounding. The minimalist design of the packaging, by Matthew Cooper at Domino Records, is the perfect accompaniment to the music.
Read MoreLike any other day, over the summer I opened my mailbox to bring in the day's post. Among the flyers, plastic-wrapped magazines and junk mail, a surprise: An emerald-green envelope with “Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Weston” handwritten in script. They had arrived.
Read MoreI remembered a project I did years ago to design a hierarchical system for Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” from the Greek philosopher’s “The Republic.” It began as theoretical. How to translate a philosophical Socratic dialogue into a clear, concise diagram? I decided to start in the abstract. I dusted off my paintbrushes and began to sketch in acrylics, embracing the permanence of the ink. What I was after was a visual representation of what it would look like — and ultimately what I could see — inside that cave described in Plato’s dialogue.
Read MoreThis time, we met up at The Kitchen at Grove Station on Marin Boulevard. Joe had already arrived, seated at a marble-topped café table. The dining room was cast in a dusky sunlight, diffused through a wintry layer of clouds and the café’s windowpanes. I immediately ordered a cup of coffee while we sized up the menu and made our selections with the waitress.
Read MoreIt’s a joy to see one of my favorite fonts — Tiempos — being used on the packaging of the fantastic new album by one of my favorite bands — Destroyer. The Tiempos is printed in metallic foil on the back, no less! This is the kind of pleasure you can’t get from a digital download, especially if you’re a font geek like me.
Read MoreThis project had several influences, both big and small, all happening at once. I've briefly touched upon the selection of fonts from Frances’ first inspiration to use typewritten lettering and the creation of my hand-drawn brush lettering, which I will get into more depth about in upcoming chapters.
Read MoreThis year, I had the great pleasure of designing wedding invitations for Frances Micklow — @fmicklow — and Joe Hannan — @JHannan86.
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