Metropolis Magazine
Cover design for January 2010 issue

Post Typography designed the cover of the current issue of Metropolis Magazine. "What's Next" looks at the impact (and necessity) of design ideas from one, five, and ten years in the future. On the cover, the title letters become cut-paper doors, giving a look into the issue's contents.

> Click here to watch a short clip of Metropolis creative director Criswell Lappin talking about the process behind the creation of this cover.

2010 By The Numbers
A Typographic Wall Calendar by Post Typography

Looking for a gift to give that special design nerd in your life, or just need a non-boring calendar to spice up your kitchen or cubicle? Our new 2010 By The Numbers limited edition wall calendar features twelve original typographic illustrations by Post Typography. Each month presents a different interpretation of the number "2010" through a wide variety of inventive, meditative, and eye-popping lettering treatments and illustrations. 2010 By The Numbers is the creative person's antidote to the typical wall calendar---kids love it too.

2010 By The Numbers is now available for purchase/order at these fine retailers:
Atomic Books (Baltimore)
Baltimore Museum of Art Shop (Baltimore)
Golden Age (Chicago)
Word (Brooklyn)
and through our website

Lettering & Type
New book written and designed by Post Typography

We are very excited to announce the release of our new book Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces from Princeton Architectural Press.

Written, assembled, and designed by Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals of Post Typography (with a foreword by Ellen Lupton) Lettering & Type is a smart-but-not-dense guide to creating and bending letters to one's will. More than just another pretty survey, Lettering & Type is a powerful and essential how-to book full of relevant theory, history, explanatory diagrams, exercises, and hundreds of inspiring insights and examples from contemporary practitioners of lettering and typeface design.

Visit www.letteringandtype.com to learn more about the book and take a look inside.

If you are in the Baltimore or NYC areas, you are invited to join us at one of our two book launch events: Thursday, October 29 at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Tuesday, November 17 at The Cooper Union. Both are free and open to the public.

Artist Talk at UMBC
Poster exhibition and Lettering & Type book signing

We will be giving a talk/presentation at University of Maryland, Baltimore County in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition The Art of Persuasion: Poster Design from 1896 through 2008, a show that includes several Post Typography posters. We will also be signing copies of our new book, Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces, at the reception that follows the talk.

Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 PM
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery at UMBC
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
The Art of Persuasion will be on view through December 13.

Alphabet Exhibition
Final showing of exhibition up now in Los Angeles area

Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography will be on display at the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art at Chaffey College from August 24 - September 26.

August 24 - September 26 / Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
Chaffey College / 5885 Haven Ave. / Rancho Cucamonga, CA / 91737

Opening reception:
Wednesday, September 9 / 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Gallery hours:
Monday - Thursday, 10:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Saturday 12:00 - 4:00 PM

Curated by Post Typography for Baltimore's Artscape festival, Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography presents alphabets created by 51 international artists and designers, from well-known typographers and designers to rising artists and design students. Alphabet opened in Baltimore in conjunction with the city's 2005 Artscape festival, and is traveling nationally through 2009.

> VIEW ALPHABET WEBSITE

Greenbuild 2009
Graphic Identity and Ad Campaign for Upcoming Expo

Post Typography recently designed the graphic identity for the U.S. Green Building Conference's annual Greenbuild expo, the largest conference devoted to environmentally responsible building, architecture, and urban development. The 2009 conference in Phoenix will draw tens of thousands of attendees from around the world and features a keynote address by Al Gore. This the third year in a row that we have created a graphic identity for Greenbuild (2007 and 2008 designs can be viewed in our Case Studies portfolio.), and 2009 promises to be the best year yet. Look for more Post Typography-designed Greenbuild materials--including print, motion graphics, and apparel designs--on our site later this fall.

> VIEW OUR GREENBUILD AD CAMPAIGN
> GREENBUILD WEBSITE

SPIN Magazine
Post Typography Creates Lettering for Purple Rain Special Issue

We were excited to create the lettering treatments for SPIN Magazine's 25th anniversary feature on Prince's classic album, Purple Rain. Our hand-drawn lettering appears on the cover and the interior feature spreads (opposite some totally sick Prince photos). The cover is meant to convey a concert poster feel without straying too far from SPIN's type styles, while the interior spreads feature custom lettering inspired by the 80s script of the Purple Rain album art.

Alphabet in Austin
Exhibition on view in Austin during the HOW Conference

Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography will be on display in Austin during the 2009 HOW Conference, with an opening reception on June 24.

Presented by Little Mule Studio and The Decoder Ring Design Concern
June 24 - August 9 / Domy Books / Austin, TX
913 E Cesar Chavez / Austin, TX 78702

Opening reception:
Wednesday, June 24 / 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Gallery hours:
Monday - Saturday, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM / Sunday 12:00 - 7:00

Curated by Post Typography for Baltimore's Artscape festival, Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography presents alphabets created by 51 international artists and designers, from well-known typographers and designers to rising artists and design students. Alphabet opened in Baltimore in conjunction with the city's 2005 Artscape festival, and is traveling nationally through 2009. Also, check out this recent article in the Baltimore Sun about the exhibition.

> VIEW ALPHABET WEBSITE

Lots of Books!
Recent titles featuring our work
Post Typography's work appears in several new books released over the past year. In addition to the Post Typography monograph from French publisher Pyramyd Editions, our work is included in these fine volumes:

Area 2, published by Phaidon, is a beautifully printed coffee table book featuring great work from 100 contemporary international designers and studios.

Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips is the new classic contemporary design textbook. Published by Princeton Architectural Press, the book features work from Post Typography as well as some projects from our students at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Paper Kingdom is a limited edition coffee table compendium of concert posters and flyers from the Baltimore music scene. In addition to many Post Typography posters, the book includes an interview with Nolen Strals.

Nozone is the brainchild of editor, illustrator, and art director Nicholas Blechman. The tenth issue, themed and titled Forecast, includes hundreds of beautiful original illustrations from designers and artists around the world.

Post Typography Book
New monograph from Pyramyd Editions

The Post Typography monograph, recently released by French design publisher Pyramyd Editions, is now available on a limited basis within the United States. Post Typography is part of Pyramyd's long-running Design&Designer series of affordable paperback monographs featuring international designers. Recent highlights in the series include books by Paula Scher, Marian Bantjes, and Droog. The book is exquisitely printed in full color throughout and contains over one hundred examples of the studio's work from the past seven years, with full captions and an introduction by House Industries' Ken Barber.

Post Typography is available in Europe at many design bookstores and museum shops, as well as directly from publisher Pyramyd Editions.
Search Google for ISBN 978-2-35017-137-1

United States:
Atomic Books, Baltimore
Spoonbill, Brooklyn
Wexner Center Store, Columbus
Book Soup, Los Angeles
Builders Booksource, Berkeley
Ned Sparrow Books, Baltimore
MICA Bookstore, Baltimore

Canada:
Amazon.ca

Check back in the near future as we announce expanded North American and online distribution.