‘A project with only technical requirements is soulless’, says Graphic Designer and Professor, Leopoldo Leal (@leopoldoleal). ‘I like to create typographies from stories that connect with images and concepts’. Describing his creative process as ‘full of serendipity’ , Leopoldo holds…
Bruno Café is a designer and art director at R/GA by Design, New York City. We fell in love with Bruno’s visual identity design for Pulsante; a short film written and directed by Matheus Ávilla. Featuring Violaine & Jérémy’s Voyage…
Ilya Bazhanov (@staticolors) is an artist, graphic designer and member of Umprum Type (@umprumtype). His work is heavily influenced by old Slavonic typefaces and specimens as well as industrial Slavic cityscapes, history and culture. FUD Grotesk is constructed with a…
What A Woman is a project aiming to showcase great women engaged in causes which help to make our world better. Created by Brazilian graphic designer and 3D artist Nayani Teixeira (@naycreator) the project sparked from her desire to use…
Originally from Luxembourg and based in Berlin, Nadine Toussaint works on brand identities, editorial, cover and poster designs; all with typography taking centre stage. As the driving force behind all of Nadine’s visual stories, her love for type flourished throughout…
Awista Montagne describes his understanding of typography as ‘a pattern and a unit of letters which creates a dynamic… this dynamic giving meaning to a concept’. This description seems to hit the nail on the head when looking at Awista’s…
2020 has been a total whirlwind of upheaval and uncertainty, but if one thing is for sure, it’s that the incredible design community have continued to make it visually and conceptually breathtaking. From the influx in experimental serifs to the…
Salomée Souag (@chromae.s) — or Chroma, as her artist name goes — uses her practice to share crucial messages on social, environmental and racial justice. Pertinent, poignant and vital, Salomée’s large-scale wheat pasted murals have been lining Portland’s streets with…
Originally from Spain, Carmen Nácher (@carmen.nacher) made the move from Valencia to Germany after completing her studies in Graphic Design. Firstly living in Cologne for three years, Carmen used her time to gather graphic design work experience within branding and…
Can you introduce The Counter Press and tell us a bit about how it’s grown to where you are today + some background on your aims, ethos and aesthetics as an organisation? The Counter Press (@thecounterpress) started as a bit…
‘My name is Paulina but people call me Pepper’ is how Mexican Graphic Designer and creator of Fuck Yeah Pepper (@fuckyeahpepper) introduces herself. She quickly adds that’s she’s ‘a total typography geek’, too — which sounds great to us —…
Cheng Peng (@frpengcheng) is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator based in Paris. Draw in by the designer’s vibrant use of colour and bold, dynamic compositions, we got in touch to chat about the recent typographic poster series, <Everywhere There Are…
This week, we welcome the amazing Frederik Samuel (@fsamuel) of @typegoodness to tell us about his top 20 favourite type works at the moment. The Amsterdam-based Design Director specialises in branding and advertising and works with some huge clients —…
Vienna-based artist and designer, David Mascha (@davidmascha), works across illustration, typography, photography, printmaking and everything in between. The designer’s typography work feels enriched by his multidisciplinary practice and whilst extremely varied, you can rely on his pieces to be consistently…
German Freelance Graphic Designer, Lucas Grassmay, is the creator of an incredible range of jaw-dropping typographic posters, sold through Culture Prints (@cultureprints.co). After completing an apprenticeship as a ship mechanic, the now-designer made a U turn to follow his true…
