I was recently commissioned by Wired Magazine and the final piece is in print! Digital design and technology — I love them both but there is just something special about tactile craftsmanship (with no ability to hit “undo”!) A well-known feature of their masthead is a Wired logo made by hand and I was lucky enough to be asked to make one. I placed 3,228 steel pins by hand and sporadically painted some tops in shades of periwinkle, turquoise, chartreuse and crimson. My index finger is still quite numb three months later but it was a fabulous opportunity to explore tactile (and sharp) typography…
(photographs 1 and 3 by catriana van rijn; thank you to wired art director paul rider)