Balancing feelings of both hope and despair, these recent prints by architect turned artist Alex Khabbazi evoke memories of chaotic world news and lockdown anxiety. The series draws influence from varied sources, from stop signs to folk art, and combines digital processes with elements of screen printing. An emerging artist…
Novo Typo is a type foundry that aims to “make the world a little bit more beautiful, happier and less boring” through its typefaces, according to its founder Mark Van Wageningen. Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Novo Typo has made a name for itself thanks to what Eye magazine calls…
“I was at a point where I was just sitting in meetings instead of being a designer or art director and I really questioned if this is what I want to do in the future,” says Malte Gruhl, reflecting on the moment he hit on the idea of setting out…
We can’t really think of many records that can accurately be described as “an album, book and feminist critique” – and which also take the form of an augemented-reality app. We also can’t think of too many musicians that are truly competent in creating all those aspects while also doing…
Hailing from what he describes as “the beautiful town” of Graz in Austria, over the years Lukas Haider has become known for his thoughtful, striking and highly original approach to graphic design and typography. Haider studied “so-called ‘Information Design’,” as he puts it, at the FH Joanneum in Graz, a…
Based in Milton-Keynes, UK, Black Bee Studios is the pseudonym of Becci Salmon; a Design Lead in advertising by day, moonlighting as a linocut printmaker over evenings and weekends. Her latest piece, titled You & Me, was a challenging work for her to produce, or as she describes; “something that…
Designer and artist Dave Towers boasts a pretty cool CV, taking in a placement at The Face back in its heyday, and working as inhouse graphic designer at lava lamp saviours Mathmos in the 90s, when they were the ultimate partner for other hip home objects like inflatable chairs and…
Recent Yale graduate Orysia Zabeida has had an interesting journey: currently based in New Haven, Connecticut, she grew up on the island of Montreal in Canada, and was born in a coal-mining town called Tchervonograd (which literally translates to “the-red-town”) in western Ukraine. She’s managed to achieve a lot in…
Pressink is a letterpress and creative workspace based in the cultural center Nová Cvernovka in Bratislava, Slovakia. The studio was established in 2016 by graphic designer Kristína Uhráková, and is the first functional space dedicated to letterpress in Slovakia. The studio works with a limited collection of metal and wood…
Barcelona-based Raquel Quevedo describes her practice as a “living, changing, ephemeral organism; an entity with an ambiguous existence that transits between the frontier of reality and fiction.” Her stunning, strange and beguiling work is often formed from experiments that generate data; playing with mutations of form and colour and “surreal…
Codo Mono is a new carefully crafted monospaced typeface that features a range of stylistic alternatives, designed by Adam Grealsey of Colt Type Co. The font family is full of character, the most notable being the uppercase ‘C’ with its pronounced underbite. Although this is a monospace font, a style…
In Issue 71 of our monthly publication, Posterzine, we introduce the curvy lines and juicy lettering of LeBassis. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the illustrator and lettering artist has worked on projects including a Pride sticker set for Snapchat and slogans for Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Leandro started out working for advertising agencies before…
Two companies that we’ve got a hell of a lot of time for—type foundry Dinamo and Native Instruments, which makes audio production software and hardware—have come together, at last, creating the limited-edition Maschine Dinamo. The piece is a limited-edition version of NI’s Maschine, a swish bit of kit that works…
As a huge fan of professional cycle racing Phil Gambrill of letterpress studio Fresh Lemon Print decided to create a large format poster celebrating the Tour de Frances’ greatest Hors Categorie (beyond categorisation) climbs. These gruelling mountain stages define the historic road race and the overall best climber gets to…
Kris Sowersby: The Art of Letters is one of the latest releases from Formist Editions. The paperback, 800 page publication examines type designer Sowersby’s letter drawing practice while considering the characters as independent works of art. Expressing the intersection of art, function and form in type design, the book champions…
While there’s been a few long overdue celebrations of women type designers, we’ve not yet come across a comprehensive look at a different issue around gender and type: the relationship between gender stereotypes and letterforms themselves: the relationship between gender stereotypes and letterforms themselves. As the author of a new…
Loris Pernoux’s typefaces are characterised by a sense of delighting in extermination: his letterforms feel striking, unusual and yet highly versatile, too. The French typographer and graphic designer currently has two equally impressive fonts on show on his site: Langulaire, which launched in 20218, and the more recent Dolis. Langulaire…
Phil Gambrill of letterpress studio Fresh Lemon Print was recently invited to undertake the letterpress artist in residence position at North Metropolitan TAFE in the heart of Perth’s CBD. At the residency he explored many typographic shapes within their extensive wood type collection and ended up focusing on the ampersand…
Lettering artist and illustrator Ollie Cooper’s work is bold and playful, providing commentary on subjects such as language, social, and environmental issues. Combining his branding background with his love of typography, his signature style fuses together language with bespoke lettering to create tongue-in-cheek, impactful pieces. His projects range from identity…
OKNO is the creative side-hustle of UK-based designer Luke Matthews. One of his recent releases is a typographic Risograph print, Girls Just Wanna Have Pockets. The print is inspired by his participation in various protests over the past few years, either as a marshal or by designing posters, slogans, and…