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Multiscriptual Typesetting

image of globe showing north and south america



Last month I had the honor of creating the graphics for Designing without Borders, a three-part lecture series hosted by AIGA NY and the TDC. The design process was a collaboration between myself and the event organizers; Caspar Lam, Juan Villanueva, and Lynne Yun, which led to an ambitious undertaking of designing with a dozen languages. This experience was equally rewarding as it was challenging. It inspired me to continue pushing my understanding of typography by going beyond what is linguistically familiar. 


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																				Cooking with Peter Pauper Press
									

								

								
								
								
								
								
								

									
My connection with the Peter Pauper Press cookbook series started during the first years I was living in California.

I recall the first time I found a book from the collection was at the Recycle Bookstore in San Jose, CA — one of the best second-hand bookstores in the Bay Area. During the years living in California I found so many great books in this bookstore and they also have two great cats. 


Recycle Bookstore, Ender the cat taking care of business and my friend Calvin browsing through books, San Jose, CA. Photos by Frank Grießhammer


The first book I got was Simple French Cookery. I was in awe: from the colour combination to the type choice and the effective and simple illustrations. 


Simple French Cookery (1958)


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