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A kind of work-in-progress, an exercise. Enjoy.
Yes, custom letters. Yes, they’re a little goofy. But the verve, the verve. Alright.
How is it that I forget everything? I designed the membership guide for the brilliant folks at the San Francisco Bike Coalition over a year ago and somehow never bothered to include it in this space. We kept the text design simple and tidy, and I illustrated a little pictogram love story across the bottom of the each spread. A young man arrives by ferry on the east side of the city and heads west toward the beach. As he crosses through various neighborhoods, he acquires ice cream, a bouquet of flowers, and a girlfriend. Very fun to make, this.
Amit asked me to help him launch a centralized page for his efforts. Pulled an all-nighter with Tag and got this up. Check it out and please tweet/reblog/like (first time I’ve ever uttered that phrase, so ya know I mean it). It’s a great cause.
I mostly just handled the lettering, to be fair. David’s ridiculously fast hands did the rest.
Hand drawn. You like?
Also, click through and help out. I’ve only met Amit once or twice, but rarely have known anyone whose enthusiasm is so catching.
The best was drawing all the little spot illustrations for Mission Mission, which are based on signage scattered around the eponymous San Francisco neighborhood. This one didn’t get used, and I kind of forgot it existed, but I found it just now and I thought you should see it.
Sometimes it’s just to just chill out and draw letters, which is what I did for Sandwich Video and the swell dude behind it.
Ah, Public Radio International. What a lovely brand. I dressed up this sweet little globe in all sorts of costumes for their tumblr.
Yes, Joe and I teamed up to design the tumblr for ever-wonderful Lapham’s Quarterly. Very much inspired by their print designs, which is by turns cheeky and stoic.
Holy cats, I somehow neglected to post this. My colleague David and I, along with our deus ex machina Joe, built this high-toned site for the good fellows at Bygone Bureau. As it went, I handled most of the visual design, but all told it was one of the most rewarding team efforts I have ever been a part of. A lot of high-fives at the end. Do read the charming note the BB editors wrote, will you?
Huh. This thing. Let’s allow it to stand.
