Knowledge That Works
University of Baltimore campus banners

Each letter of this typographic illustration for University of Baltimore’s “Knowledge That Works” campaign is a different type of chart, graph, or other visual representation of information. The diverse group of graph styles and forms embodies the breadth of academic pursuits at University of Baltimore. Look for our banners and posters in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood and on UB’s campus.

Groundhog Day
Our poster for a screening of the classic Bill Murray film

Be on the lookout for our oversized poster for the classic Bill Murray flick, Groundhog Day. The poster consists of a giant image of Bill Murray created from thousands of tiny Bill Murrays! Meta! The film screens on 35mm in Baltimore on December 13 as part of Maryland Film Festival’s Gunky’s Basement film series, curated and hosted by Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche.

Post Typography’s Greatest Misses
Upcoming Artist Talks in Boston and Delaware

Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen of the high-aiming Baltimore design studio Post Typography give a behind-the-scenes peek at the design process, illustrated with never-before-seen projects that fell short, missed the mark, or were blown off-target by the fickle winds of client taste.

Wednesday November 9, 2011
Northeastern University :: Boston, MA
135 Shillman Hall :: 6:30 PM
Department of Art+Design Fall 2011 Lecture Series

Tuesday November 15, 2011
University of Delaware :: Newark, DE
130 Smith Hall :: 5:00 PM

Both events are free and open to the public and will be followed with a Q&A and Lettering & Type book signing.

Our hand-fletched poster:

Baker Artist Awards Exhibition
Baltimore Museum of Art, Sep. 7 - Oct. 2, 2011

The work of Post Typography is included in the Baker Artist Awards exhibition this fall at the Baltimore Museum of Art. B-grant winners Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen will be displaying a large-scale installation of Post Typography’s Floral Explosion wallcovering design for Maharam Digital Projects. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and there will be a closing reception and performances on October 1 from 7:00 to 11:00 PM.

ESPN Magazine’s Best In Sports Cover
Balls to the wall!

To illustrate the cover of ESPN Magazine’s 2011 “Best In Sports” issue, we teamed up with photographer Frank Hamilton to photograph hundreds of sports balls, discs, pucks, spheres, discuses, shot puts, birdies, chips, and even curling stones (special shout-out to Potomac Curling Club!) flying together to form the words “Best In Sports.” Thanks again to everyone who loaned us their balls!

Maryland Film Festival
The eyes have it!

Our designs for the 2011 Maryland Film Festival are currently displayed on posters, yard signs, banners, and billboards all over Baltimore. They have some great films screening this year—check out the festival May 5 through 8.

TIME Magazine Cover

Check out the March 21, 2011 cover of TIME for a Post Typography illustration! The cover story is on data mining—the process where your personal information, spending habits, web browsing history, and interests are collected, compiled, and sold to advertisers and marketing companies. We worked with Design Director DW Pine to create this portrait of author Joel Stein out of Joel’s actual data collected by several major U.S. data mining companies.

Daily Drop Cap
You and what R-my?

We were psyched when Jessica Hische asked us to participate as a guest designer in her awesome Daily Drop Cap project and even more psyched when we got a chance to draw the letter “R” (one of our favorite letters of the alphabet from a typographic perspective). Our R (or R our?) and all of the other initial caps can be embedded in external websites for anyone who’s looking to spice up their hum-drum blog design.

Alien Director’s Cut
Silkscreened poster for special 35mm screening

We recently designed a poster to promote a special screening of Alien for Maryland Film Festival’s Gunky’s Basement film series. Curated and hosted by Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche, Gunky’s Basement has been presenting classic fringe-pop sci-fi, horror, and weirdness from the 1980s, all presented as beautiful 35mm prints. Check out the next screening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit in April.

Maharam Digital Projects
Floral Explosion wallcovering for custom installations

Post Typography has created a new wallcovering design for Maharam’s curated Digital Projects series. Floral Explosion marries elements of antique/vintage wallpapers with comic books and pop art—upon close inspection, the pattern’s intricate, seemingly-traditional floral motifs are revealed to be composed entirely of comic-book style explosions and weaponry. Floral Explosion has a very large repeat (10′ x15′) and can be ordered to custom specifications and sizes.

To learn more about Floral Explosion and to see the other great projects in the series (including work by 2×4, Vito Acconci, Marian Bantjes, Paul Smith, and more) visit the Maharam Virtual Library and open the Maharam Digital Projects binder.