- ARCHIVE / TAG ARCHIVE
- Typografika / CRACK Magazine
Feature and interview in this UK publication. Above: CRACK Magazine, Issue 18. A thousand thanks to Jake Applebee for this feature of my work and interview. The three spreads begin on page 20, hope you enjoy. This was preceded by a centerfold poster for Issue 15, please see more on Typografika here.
- Typografika / Enter the Dragon
Wishing you a Happy New Year, 2012. Above: Erik Brandt with an anagram poem by Elisabeth Workman (A1, 2011). Wishing you and yours all the best for the New Year.
- Typografika / Beatrix
A wee something for our darling daughter. Above: Erik Brandt, 2011 (850px x 1000px). A little Typografika for our darling daughter on the occasion of her first birthday. Geotypografika readers may remember that she was born, rather unexpectedly, almost one year ago right here at home in our beloved Powderhorn. We shall raise the flag [...]
- Typografika / Borges Bookmark
A bookmark commissioned by Diseñadores Gráficos Bolivia. Above: Erik Brandt, 2011 (5,4cm x 9,8cm, image above is cropped). A bookmark commissioned by Diseñadores Gráficos Bolivia (La Paz), for their recent bookfair. See more images in their Facebook album. It was a delightful opportunity to work with one of my favorite author’s short stories, ‘The Fauna [...]
- UPDATE: Typografika / Eyeo Festival
New printed matter for this upcoming conference. Above: Erik Brandt, 2011. 9″x12″ program cover. I am really excited to share this initial piece I recently designed for Dave Schroeder (Pilotvibe), founder and organizer of the upcoming Eyeo Festival here in Minneapolis. The festival is bringing together some of the most creative coders, designers, and artists [...]
- Typografika / Detailien: Remnants
Small corrections yield new conglomerate. Above: Erik Brandt, 2011 (detail, original is roughly 4″ x 4″). Here is the promised assembly of narrow strips saved from the cropping process for my recent show, Typografika/Detailien. Dedicated to Colin Trechter of People Collective, I had to use double-stick tape because I couldn’t find my duo-tac. I also [...]
- Typografika / Detailien: Process and installation.
Shoebox Gallery, May 20 through July 6, 2011. Above: My recent solo show, Typografika / Detailien, officially opened on May 20, 2011 in the Shoebox Gallery here in Minneapolis, MN. I am grateful to the gallery curator, Sean Smuda, for his kind invitation. The space itself is located on the corner of Chicago and Lake, [...]
- Flashbelt 2010 Poster
Digital version of some upcoming Typografika Nuevo. Above: A wee new poster (18×24) I just made for Flashbelt founder and producer Dave Schroeder, pilotvibe. The photographic element is a treated version of Jeremy Thorp’s Just Landed. The posters are going into production, look for more info and adaptations soon. It was an honor working with [...]
- GRD_2000_SP10 Final Logopesto
A beautiful mess. Above: Michelle’s final poster (24×36 digital file). Final submissions are in and are uploaded to Geotypografika Flickr here. The Logopesto Poster Redux from this year’s intro to graphic design grupetto did not disappoint. The final push was heralded by Michelle’s outstanding efforts, and she inspired her classmates to respond with their own, [...]
- PRONGTRY SOWOHUD RECONN
A poem for a flag, a flag for the people. Above: Video from Sunday’s Shoebox opening featuring Flarf poet Elisabeth Workman’s sound poem for the occasion, PRONGTRY SOWOHUD RECONN. Gallery founder Sean Smuda introduces the event as Jenny Schmid and yours truly remain appropriately silent. Thanks to AJ for coming and agreeing to shoot this. [...]
- The best day ever.
Shoebox Gallery opening, waffle intervention, a flag, a poem, a parade. Above: From the pages of GOOD to the streets of MPLS, Powderhorn claims the Chicago-Lake intersection! Jenny Schmid, whose opening graced Sean Smuda’s Shoebox Gallery, stands just behind the flag in an appropriate shade of red for May Day. Image from one of two [...]
- 1. Mai
International Socialist Rabbits Unite! Above: May 1, 1998. Tomorrow’s May Day festivities in Powderhorn may, or may not, include such a scene. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Avanti popolo alla riscossa, bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa! Avanti popolo alla riscossa, bandiera rossa trionferá!
- Typografika por Chile
Para Julián, un fuerte abrazo desde la distancia. Above: My submission for Diseño por Chile, 2010 (70x100cm). Along with many other designers, I was humbled and honored to be invited to participate in this project. Set to be exhibited at the 4ta. Bienal de Diseño en Santiago, Chile, all poster donations will be sold to [...]