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“Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Shirts are on ETSY.COM
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Jennifer Heuer
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“Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Opening Reception, Dec 5, 6-9 pm
Posted by admin in "Wearing Whitman's Words; A Typographic Exploration" Opening Reception, Dec 5, 6-9 pm on November 12th, 2009
Illustration by Portal Porfavor
This exhibition features new works created specifically for this show by; Friends of Type, Jennifer Heuer, Jessica Hische, Justin Thomas Kay, Pablo A. Medina, Ed Nacional, Meg Paradise, Pillow Fort, and Travis Simon.
These designers were asked to make selections from Leaves of Grass to visually explore letter forms. The designed words will be displayed on the front of t-shirts with the selected text written on the back in a font consistent across each of the shirts. This contrast will highlight how the shape of letters can add meaning to the words we read.
Everyone attending the opening will receive a free shirt from the show, extending the exhibition beyond the gallery walls.
This show is supported by generous donations from Monotype Imaging and Portal Porfavor.
The typefaces featured in this show are Slate, a versatile humanist/grotesque sans serif and Egyptian Slate, its slab serif counterpart. Both typefaces were designed by Rod McDonald, the award-winning typeface designer and lettering artist and are available from Monotype Imaging.
DJ Spacey Sissick will be spinning records, food and drink will be provided.
Justin Thomas Kay
Justin Thomas Kay is a Brooklyn, NY based art director and graphic designer with a strong focus in creating work based on basic explorations of shape, color and typography. Upon arriving in nyc in 2004 he has worked with a range of clients mainly based in editorial/print and apparel – both in a individual capacity and in collaboration with longtime friend Steve Green as Upnorth. Along with the occasional project as Upnorth, Justin and Steve also publish a zine together by the name of Oneonenine. he was chosen as one of the 50 Young Guns for 2008 by the Art Directors Club. Selected clients include: Burton Snowboards, Complex magazine, Computer Arts magazine, Conde Nast publications, Graniph Tees, Hydrahead records, Mass Appeal magazine, MTV networks, New York magazine, One Modeling Agency, Sixpack France, Swindle magazine, and Zoo York.
“To me drawing type is what, for myself (and ill let everyone else speak for themselves), differentiates graphic design from any other form of visual expression. for me it is the beginning and end to most of my solutions, and for me the ability to handle and communicate with type and type only represents the most pure form of my goal in design: to create an appropriate and visually pleasing solution to a communication problem. type is a visual expression of an audible language, and is open for interpretation and evolution for as long as the written word exists. I just hope to be able to put in my 2 cents.”
Pablo A. Medina
Pablo A. Medina grew up between Washington DC and New Jersey where he skate-boarded and listened to the Clash. He now runs Cubanica and is Assistant Professor at Parsons The New School for Design. He likes to design typefaces, posters, and books. He also just produced a documentary film which won a couple of awards. He lives in the East Village of New York City.
“I grew up admiring graffiti artists for their ability to duplicate their signature so extensively across a given environment. They were publishing their identity for as wide an audience as possible. Their goal was to be so ubiquitous that it aroused interest and envy in other artists. It is this same idea of aesthetic multiplication that has kept my interest in designing typefaces for almost 15 years. The typeface designer conceives of a visual language by manually and digitally creating form. By releasing their typeface to the public, it gets distributed to a population where it speaks to, interacts with and influences people. This influence can manifest in a new opinion or perception, a desire, or an overall expansion of knowledge. Like graffiti, the distributed font multiplies, and like graffiti, the typeface contributes to the typographic and artistic landscape of an environment. As long as there is this type of aesthetic and creative reward, I’ll keep drawing fonts.”
Ed Nacional
Ed Nacional is a graphic designer, type geek and extremely close to becoming graduate from Parsons the New School for Design. He is originally from Calgary, Canada but now happily calls Brooklyn home. Ed designs for both print and the web but also gets his hands dirty with printmaking techniques like silkscreen, gocco and letterpress.
“Being a son of an architect, type has been a part of my life from a young age. I found myself watching my Dad hand-letter with precision and try to take part by mimicking his letters or using up all his rub-on letraset. Today I continue to try to draw my own type, as well as find, scan and trace old type specimens to use in my work.”
Meg Paradise
Born in Scranton, PA, Meg Paradise spends her days somewhere between Manhattan and Brooklyn, massaging bezier curves and scribbling recklessly on sheets of paper. Meg works on projects ranging from global brands and advertising campaigns to posters and local restaurants.
A self professed type junkie, Meg draws type whenever her clients will allow it. Plus, drawing type is much more fun than clicking through the fonts in her font library.
Pillow Fort
Pillow Fort is Seth & Memo.
We founded Pillow Fort a few years ago, after becoming frustrated with some of the corporate work we were doing at the time. We envisioned an outlet where we could live out our graphic and typographic eccentricities without the pressures of corporate responsibility; a place where design, and not committees, focus groups and profits ruled. We would only work on projects that we thought were a good cause, and where we would have full creative autonomy. We knew this could not be how we made our living, nor did we want it to be, so we started it as a side venture and gave it a name that spoke to the creative sanctuary that it is for us.
“Custom typography has always been an integral part of Pillow Fort, because we believe it has more expressive potential than any possible combination of standard typefaces and imagery. It’s where language and art come together.”
Travis Simon
Travis Simon (born 1983) is an artist and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, NY. Since receiving his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2006, Travis has remained active in painting, screen printing and custom furniture fabrication. He’s worked for a broad range of clients including Toyota Scion, Virgin Airways and Frank151.
Simon’s focus on hand lettering and calligraphy affords him numerous opportunities to create outside of the digital world. His work is often derived from traditional sign painters, 1960s New York advertising and an overall respect for the old school methods. Currently he’s looking forward to building a larger client base and opening up his own shop; Farmcharmer Studio.
Ben Peterson (Guest Curator)
Ben Peterson grew up in upstate New York where he taught snowboarding and explored the outdoors. He first discovered design on the bottom of a skateboard and became fascinated with the idea of using familiar imagery to portray new ideas. He holds degrees in graphic design and illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Ben lives in Brooklyn, volunteers regularly with the AIGA and earns his living designing book covers. He spends most of his free time drinking coffee and looking at art. His next curatorial effort is a collaboration with a photographer and four writers on the subjects of portraiture and representation.
Lucky Gallery Presents “Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Exhibition
Posted by admin in Lucky Gallery Presents "Wearing Whitman's Words; A Typographic Exploration" Exhibition on November 6th, 2009
Justin Thomas Kay
These designers were asked to make selections from Leaves of Grass to visually explore letter forms. The designed words will be displayed on the front of t-shirts with the selected text written on the back in a font consistent across each of the shirts. This contrast will highlight how the shape of letters can add meaning to the words we read.
The visual form of words is one of the largest influences of design on our everyday world. In this show, t-shirts are used for their value as common objects and as a vehicle for personal expression. The individualist attitude portrayed in Walt Whitman’s poetry shares the spirit that designers bring to the letters they create. Everyone attending the opening will be given a free shirt, extending the show beyond the gallery walls.
“The idea for this show is to introduce design to a new audience through typography in a way that is accessible and fun, while showcasing exciting new work to the design community,” says Ben Peterson, the guest curator for the exhibition.
This show is supported by generous donations from Monotype Imaging and Portal Porfavor.
The typefaces featured in this show are Slate, a versatile humanist/grotesque sans serif and Egyptian Slate, its slab serif counterpart. Both typefaces were designed by Rod McDonald, the award-winning typeface designer and lettering artist and are available from Monotype Imaging.
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