Populuxe (@populuxe_) was created after its founder, Lettering Artist Joel Poole, lost his job in 2015. He’d had a breakdown in 2014, he explains, which had been brought on by the stresses of 15 years of corporate life, and found…
A combination of publisher, type foundry and design studio, the focus at Formist primarily centres around publishing and type design, accompanied by a few projects for cultural clients. The folks at Formist are all about being culturally expressive; their work…
Creative career paths tend to be non-linear. And the fact is when it comes to being a type designer, you’re often looking at merging business skills, creativity and a highly specialised skillset to make a living from the craft –…
A type designer, academic and educator, David Březina has spent the majority of the last ten years running his type foundry, Rosetta, which focuses on producing multi-script typefaces. Having recently finished his PhD on visual similarity and coherence in typeface…
It goes without saying that good web design is central to brand communications, and in a sporadically locked-down world, it’s become even more essential. So today, we’re speaking to Helsinki-based Designer and Art Director Marina Veziko – the creative behind…
Having generated some well deserved buzz and a rapidly growing Instagram following over the last few months, Graphic and Digital Designer Peri Chiu has recently been experimenting with learning new softwares and techniques to expand her creative horizons. Capturing imaginations…
As a lover of collaborative projects, Porto-based Ana Resende’s long, somewhat winding path into graphic design means it’s difficult to sum up her profession in any definitive way. She’s an independent creative who focusses on editorial and book/magazine design; she…
Greg Bunbury (@gregbunbury) is a graphic designer, creative consultant, diversity & inclusion consultant and podcaster, based in London. Most recently, in response to events of police brutality and the surge of momentum surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, Greg’s work…
‘Each writing system tells the tale of its culture’s history, its evolving technology, even its deeply embedded values’, writes Tim Brookes for National Geographic (2013). As the founder of the Vermont-based nonprofit organisation the Endangered Alphabets Project, Tim’s work revolves…
Based in Budapest, Miklós Kiss (@kissmiklos) is a designer and visual artist with a broad, unconventional approach. Studying at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Miklós started out in the Fine Arts and Painting department and ended up in Graphics;…
Kiel Mutschelknaus (@kiel.d.m) is a designer from the DC-Baltimore area, working both freelance and as a full-time faculty member at Maryland Institute College of Arts in Baltimore. Kiel’s work currently focuses on motion, illustration, coding and typography, as well as…
‘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…
Cihan Tamti (@cihantamti) is a graphic designer based in Bochum, Germany. Specialising in visual identities, typography and printed matter, Cihan’s lockdown project HOMEBOUND was his first project as creative director. Prior to the pandemic, Cihan had been working in Munich…
Michael Clasen is a graphic designer, type designer and art director based in Munich. Graduating from Pforzheim‘s University Design PF in 2018, he began working self-employed the year after. Kicking off his self-employed career, Michael was met with a request…
