The 3D Type book

The 3D Type Book by FL@33 from Tomi Vollauschek on Vimeo.

This video shows a sneak preview of The 3D Type Book designed by FL@33 and published by Laurence King.

The book features one of my images from Minotaur, the Pixies boxset.

I worked on Minotaur with Vaughan Oliver (Art Direction), Simon Larbalestier (photography), Phoebe Richardson, Rosie Upright, Ben Ewing, Aaron Kitney and Michael Speed.

The picture below shows a spread featuring Minotaur.

"This book is the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written, featuring over 1,300 images of more than 300 projects by more than 160 emerging talents and established individuals and studios" more here.

Available for pre-order on Amazon

Acne Paper 11 - Letterpress

A few months ago I was visited by Acne Paper to assist them in doing some Letterpress printing for the next issue. These large letters are around 30cm tall and were specially laser cut for the job. The magazine is out now, and it's really great. You can buy it here [update, now listed as out of print]. I'll put a few more images of the work once I've found a big enough scanner, it's a huge magazine!

Design by Ben Branagan.

Art Direction by Christoph Stolberg.

An out take print features in this post.

Elephant Magazine

A bad crop from an ill-fitting scanner.

Images from a photoshoot I did for Elephant magazine. It was a collaborative project using type designs from students on Graphics Design at UCA Epsom. These words were then displayed and I photographed it before printing a large format version and sculpting it and photographing it again. The image was used as the chapter divider for the Studios section.

The other chapter dividers are all images created by students at UCA Epsom. The project was Art Directed by Vaughan Oliver.

This issue is great, with an interesting feature on printing textiles as well as an interesting interview with Vaughan Oliver- including work from the Pixies Minotaur boxset I worked on.

Rolling stone magazine Minotaur reveal

Pixies Minotaur Exhibition and secret gig! UPDATE

As promised here are some more photos from the Minotaur Work in progress exhibition a few weeks back. More info in earlier blogs.

above: A shot of the Minotaur boxset content.

above: My photograph of Pixies spelt out of small metal type in a spread for the small book.

above: Photo I took as part of a shoot Art Directed by Vaughan.

above: the image on the right is from the same photo shoot.

above: and another from that shoot. The shoot also features in the Minotaur Digital Press Release number 2 (posted below).

All work has been Art Directed by Vaughan Oliver.

Intervening the everyday

I like helping people, and I like to help people feel better, so I set out to create positivity for the people around me. 

I wanted to steal a moment from their routine to show them that they can feel happier, better more optimistic, that there are reasons to smile. I wanted these moments to come from them, from their emotions and feelings in response to something I had given them. I did this by creating messages for them to see.

I started with a few posters that developed at a fast pace adding new messages and concepts. I had a camera by my side and a pile of posters ready to go up at all times. The initial interest in my posters inspired me to find new ways of intervening and intercepting the everyday in my neighbourhood. I designed stickers, badges and business cards. These designed pieces spread my messages to people by giving them something different and questionable. 

When my community became Barcelona I took it there. I measured and documented the intervention though photography and created a book of my photographs and the stories behind the images.

UNFOLD for the Design Museum

UNFOLD was my response to a brief set by the Design Museum to promote the museum to 15-25 year olds. The middle image shows the photography work of fellow student Elio Trappani