Tragedy in the Far North, Retold

Tragedy in the Far North, Retold

Padlei Diary, 1950.  High resolution, tritone reproduction, 2000. TRAGEDY IN THE FAR NORTH, RETOLD How different book publishers, editors and designers have presented Richard Harrington’s photographs of famine, taken in 1950, in the years since. Four books containing...
Slowly, Slowly

Slowly, Slowly

  Against the tyranny of tech progress, my latest fonts wring new design concepts from a 20-year old innovation: contextual alternates In a three-act career as art director, graphic designer and subsequently type designer, I’ve been through many paradigm shifts,...
Again the Rhapsody

Again the Rhapsody

Gershwin, composing at the piano (1927), from Steichen: A Life in Photography, Doubleday & Co. (1963). Steichen nailed the precise and dynamic style of his glamorous subject. AGAIN THE RHAPSODY George Gershwin’s masterpiece has inspired many an...
My Social Media Campaign

My Social Media Campaign

Photo: Zoe Shinn MY SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN Addressing issues of celebrity and identity, I’ve created five thematic artefacts—serial works designed specifically for social media—that will be posted in the coming months, on several platforms. 1. This is one of my...