Inspired by a question that interviewer Alex Bogusky posed to his father and fellow designer Bill Bogusky on his live webshow FearlessQA, I’ve decided to share some of my favorite typefaces. Alex asked his dad which 5 typefaces he would take with him on a deserted island.  Naturally, I wasn’t able to narrow it down to 5 and I’m not trueschool enough to include Garamond on my list, nonetheless, here are some fonts I have encountered in my day and found useful and/or good-looking. So if you don’t agree with me or you think Arial was undeservedly ommitted from the list I used Arial for the mothertruckin’ comments on each font! Boom!

This is the cover artwork for Greenhouse’s Electric Purgatory (Parts 1 &  2) combined tour version. Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) released Electric Purgatory as a two part limited edition series. Blueprint is about to head out on the To All My Friends Tour with Atmosphere and wanted to offer a version that included both parts of the series.

In a way it felt like I was designing this album for the third time, so I had some trouble coming up with a concept initially.

After taking a couple less than stellar cracks at the cover, I took a few days to think and listen to the album. The idea that got the ball rolling was the visual of hanging light bulbs.  There’s something interesting about lights hanging from thin wires-not to mention it plays off electricity and the album title.

Blueprint and I agreed it was a good idea to include photos of himself and Illogic to help fans seeing them on tour identify them from the stage to the merch table. I’m happy with the outcome and look forward to seeing the full packaging.

I created this logo at the request of Stu Pflaum (aka DJ Xplosive) for Element 9 Muzik recording artist Congrez.

I created this poster late night on Friday, February 26 after it was determined Team USA and Canada would meet in the Gold Medal game.  I was hoping Team USA would prevail, in which case, I was considering doing a short run of high quality prints.

Although the Americans battled valiantly, they fell 3-2 in overtime, marking the first time the Olympic hockey tournament has been won by the home team.  What a great tournament.

Click the image for a full-resolution printable download version.

This logo was created for Smashmouth FM, a primarily hip-hop online radio station.

Black & Silver Greenhouse T-shirt (printed on American Apparel t-shirt), plus The Electric Purgatory CD/EP w/ instrumentals, and an 11×18 electric purgatory poster for only $15.00.

Artwork by your boy.

I’ve recently become obsessed with workspaces. With that in mind, I came across some unbelievably cool office space designs today at Cool Hunter. Gaze upon them.

Post Panic (Amsterdam)

Designed by Maurice Mentjens Design

Engine (London)

Designed by Jump Studios

Moving Pictures (Los Angeles)

Designed by Tighe Architechture

David Seah, a graphic designer and productivity guru, created this very useful package of forms to help record and track your productivity. I suppose they could be used for any number of things, but really seem to be tailored to design related tasks. They are available for free download here.

This is a logo I just completed for Eartha Limited, a start-up sustainable waste company.  Web site is next.

Flyer I designed for Blueprint for a show he is throwing in Columbus.