The Onion News Network
Time for grownups

A humorous flow-chart that Post Typography illustrated for Time Magazine makes a brief appearance in this hilarious clip on The Onion News Network.

8 FACES
Interview with Post Typography

Post Typography was recently interviewed by Elliot Jay Stocks for the new limited edition typography magazine 8 Faces. Also included in the first issue are Erik Spiekermann, Jessica Hische, Ian Coyle, Jason Santa Maria, Jos Buivenga, and Jon Tan. Physical copies of the magazine have sold out, but a high-res PDF can be downloaded from the 8 Faces website.

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Cover illustration

Check out our cover illustration for this Sunday's New York Times Book Review. The lead review is of Jennifer Egan's incredible new novel A Visit From the Goon Squad, which follows the a dizzying, intertwined narrative of an ex-punk rocker, (going not-so-gently into middle age) and the relationships of those around him.

Artist Talk March 24
Post Typography lecture at SUNY Purchase in New York

Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen of Post Typography will be speaking at SUNY Purchase College's School of Art + Design the evening of March 24. The talk and presentation takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 in the VA Building, and pairs some of the studio's iconic and recent projects with the stories and concepts behind the work.

More information on the Purchase website.

Artist Music Journal
Limited edition Post Typography poster book

Soundscreen Design's Artist Music Journal is a series of limited edition small books by artists and musicians that focus on the inseparable connection between music and art. The latest in this series, Post Typography's Artist Music Journal presents 24 pages of posters and flyers for Double Dagger and related bands, paired with the back stories of each show and design. Includes reproductions of many rare and never-before-seen posters! Beautifully printed in full color offset lithography, limited edition of 1000 copies. Previous and upcoming AMJ editions include Daniel Higgs, Hisham Bharoocha, Shaun Flynn, Bongout, and Seripop.

Available for order through Soundscreen Design or at Atomic Books in Baltimore.

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