Sub/Conscious Meanderings

Now the my BFA is finally finished, I have free time to fill. Luckily I’m good at that. In fact, I already have a couple projects I’ve added:

1. I’m a contributor to a new blog called ‘the syllabus’
We’ve just started getting content together so we have a good launch. It’s focused on graphic design students and young graphic design professionals, their unique concerns and things that will ease the transition between school and work. I’ll be the contributing typography expert (whatever that means) with a weekly blog and more infrequent articles. I’m rather excited about it.

2. I’ve started a new typeface. Granted, it’s still in the incubation stages, but I feel like I have a solid design brief/concept that fills an area that seems to be needing filled within the realm of type design.

3. I’ve also been tossing around another idea for writing, mostly just a fun way for me to journal and incubate ideas. It’ll be called GrayMatters. I’m so clever. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to get some funds to publish every year. I think after I incorporate Typecaste at the beginning of the year, I might use it as the basis for my annual report. Who knows?

One little caveat on #2. Austin made me promise that I’d take at least a month off before starting another typeface so there probably won’t be any updates during the next month.

Daphne is finally here! I was able to get the exhibition put together over the weekend and it’s finally being displayed in the HFAC. Relief is such an inadequate word to describe how I feel. I just hope that the response will be positive. For those who aren’t able to attend, here are a few pictures of the exhibition. Enjoy.

So I finally heard from the gallery this week. The exhibition is October 20-31. I’m excited, but also a little stressed. I still have quite a bit of work to finish up, but things are close. I’ll be preparing the poster/specimen for press this weekend. I’ll also be taking my camera with me to catalogue the printing process and the exhibit, so look for those images soon. I’ll also have printed samples available after the the 20th, so if you’re unable to attend the exhibition and want one, just email me with a current address and I’ll mail one out. Unfortunately, printing specimen books ended up being more costly than I anticipated, so I’ll have a pdf available on my website.