tÿpøgrafika
visual communication und
konditorei
printed matter by
> erik brandt
© 96-09

bio | sketches | posters | images | geotÿpøgrafika | cinetÿpøgrafika | opolis | research

above: > facebook poster for the sea of green. more on > geotypografika

above: > geotypografika flickr. more on > geotypografika

above: > geotypografika flickr. 1,000,000 green peace rabbits for neda.
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above: > geotypografika flickr. akzidenz grotesk for iran! for mousavi! for the green wave!
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above: > geotypografika flickr collection. an extensive collection of both personal work
and collaborations with students. > see also geotypografika
above: > flashbelt 2009 pass for a recent talk, "die neue (alte) geotypografika."
many thanks to dave schroeder (> pilotvibe) for his kind invitation.

above: my entry for a facebook poster contest sponsored by sergio olivotti of diversamente onlus,
an italian non-profit group. full story > geotypografika
above: opolis, 2007. multiples mall: a bookish fair, at the walker art center (jan. 29, 2009)
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above: 2008 mcad faculty show erik brandt, surrounded 001-005. (2008)
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above: symposium invitation card for uncg, barabara campbell thomas.
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above: counterforms for obama. yellow sun, blue skies, green trees, red states... and purple mountains majesty.
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above: tami t, some new student work from my classes at > mcad.
> full story on geotypografika
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above: pixel system 26. a typeface for a post-caucasian world.
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above: pixel system 26 on fonstruct.
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above: new tÿpø illustration for the new york times sunday book review.
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above: zehn jahre tÿpøgrafika. exhibit at the mcba, minneapolis, minnesota. full story > geotypografika
reviewed here > by rob wittig of 24/7 design heaven (sappi): "Brandt's work crowds you like a Tokyo subway,
and it often rewards your patience with sensitivity that goes beyond the styles-in-a-blender surface.
He loves the voyage of the slow read . . . "

above: zehn jahre tÿpøgrafika. exhibit at the mcba, minneapolis, minnesota. full story > geotypografika

above: flyers for > rattapallax. see full story on > geotypografika

above: final work by bouthayna al-muftah, spring 07.
conferencias nuevos on geo-typographic issues by erik brandt.
> CASE design institute. april 28-30, 2008 hyatt regency
minneapolis, mn. estados unidos

die neue geotypografika © erik brandt 2008
above, my new poster for the upcoming lektüre at mcad.
el conejo vive.
> geotypografika blog
announcing > geotÿpøgrafika blog. a site dedicated to research and experimentation
on global graphic and typographic issues. click above for a link announcing an international
graphic and typographic experiment open to all.
> geotÿpøgrafika
> research

update: these four photographs from opolis are being exhibited by the hong kong chingying institute of visual arts.
my thanks to sherman chan yiu tong for his kind invitation. the photographs and 25 copies of opolis will be available
for sale to benefit the institute and celebrate the opening of its new digital media center.
> hong kong chingying institute of visual arts
> opolis

coming soon: examples of student work from a 2D foundation level class at mcad
follow the link here for more examples of student work from 1998-2009
> teaching
nuevo: examples of my collection of truck type from doha, qatar. these, all hand painted with varying
degrees of skill, represent evidence of the impact of globalization, and at the same time,
the distinctive beauty of the human hand.
> truck type
self-promotion flyer
> posters section
black tÿpø forms
letraset conglomerates
> images section

i live in minneapolis, minnesota. estatdos unidos.

biographical data, teaching, research...
> bio section
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