Taking a Walk with Mitch Goldstein

April 22, 2015 |

In keeping with our (hopefully) weeklong theme of Create Upstate 2015 (other posts here and here), we turn the spotlight on fellow Rochester-based designer (and educator/writer) Mitch Goldstein. Those behind the planning of Create Upstate clearly made a deliberate decision to have Goldstein kick off the main event. Goldstein is the perfect blend of adept designer…

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Emoji Alphabet by Christopher Rouleau

February 25, 2015 |

Let’s face it, emojis have infiltrated the general consciousness. When your mom is using them, you know they’ve hit the mainstream. These small digital images used to express an idea, emotion, etc., in electronic communication are now becoming the subject of art itself, which is another touchstone of cultural proliferation. Wildly talented Toronto-based letterer/designer/artist Christopher…

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Typographic Poster Series

April 30, 2013

Those fellow designers out there who have studied typography will appreciate this poster series. We’ve all had that assignment early on where we had to use typography as image, to compose a larger image. This series entitled Day Against Homophobia, by Italian design firm studio FM, takes that rookie exercise to a whole new level.…

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