Smooth as nacho cheese fries and wholesome as chunky lobster chowder, Raymund’s thoroughly treacled typographic taffy stretches Photo-Lettering’s character circus to three more rings. Original alphabet penned by Bruce Raymund. Digitized by Hungarian high-wire act Allen Mercer.
Share January 30, 2012
Fanatical Mechanical: Photo-Lettering and the Paste-Up Era
Opening: Feb. 6, 2012, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
With on-site screen printing by Fresh Pressed!
Opening Lecture: Rich Roat of House Industries, Feb. 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Place: Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, Calif.
Exhibition Runs from Feb. 6 through March 9, 2012
Open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
House Industries celebrates the craft of Photo-Lettering’s past while presenting it in the context of contemporary relevance. David Dodde’s prodigious hand-printed panels and substantial scrims mingle with custom lithographic layers and fascinating alphabetic fixtures by fanatical fabricators Marc Wiegers and Roger VanTill of Greenwood Studios. Sprinkled throughout the exhibit are carefully excavated and curated historical Photo-Lettering components including original films, rare specimen books and ceramic artifacts.
Share January 18, 2012
Kunihiko Okano talks about the origins of his Quintet design with Taro Yumiba in an interview on I Love Typography. From social networks to Typographic Chinese Whispers to Gordian Knots, Kunihiko ranges far and wide in his process.
Share January 13, 2012
