Letter A—36 Days of Type

For the next 36 days, I’ll be sharing my work on a project entitled 36 Days of Type. I’ll be remixing some work I did circa 2012 (since technically, all the work published in 2023 is in 2022) as a type of 10 year anniversary twinsies uber mega wonderfestivus celebration. I hope you enjoy.

I will be basing my alphabet on the work of Koloman Moser, of Vienna Secession fame in honor of my alma mater, the Savannah College of Art and Design. Each year, they used to do a show of the best work from the graphic design school in homage to the artists that ‘seceded’ from the academy in Vienna in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some of the artists who lent their names to the cause were Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, now household names.

“2023 Edition of 36 Days of Type is finally here! From April 10 to May 15, every designer, illustrator or artist is invited to share their own creative take on the letters and numbers from the Latin alphabet and share it with the world, as a global and simultaneous act of creativity exploring the boundaries of typography.” —from the 36 Days of Type website

When the 36 days are over, I’ll go back to making the attempt to be an editorial illustrator for last year’s works as per usual. Thanks for following along with me. If you’re on instagram, you can follow my work here. And you can follow what I’m sure will be an awesome curation of the best work from this project at the 36 Days of Type account. Maybe a few of mine will make it there too!

I’m also going to include quotes from designers, letterers, and fellow graphic nerds as often as possible. There’s some witty ones in this world, so this should be fun to share. I hope you also find them fun to read.