Sneak preview of a major upcoming project: “Who Are We Now?,” the new book by Blaise Agüera y Arcas exploring the intersection of data and human identity.

Print and web editions out Dec 5 with Hat and Beard Press. Designed by Practise with Marie Otsuka, Minkyoung Kim, and Johan Michalove, with maps by Scott Reinhard. Cover type: advance beta of Chroma by Selina Bernet, forthcoming from Source Type.

Preorder: https://hatandbeard.com/collections/upcoming-titles/products/who-are-we-now-by-blaise-aguera-y-arcas

Virtual Book Launch
Thurs 16 Mar, 6pm EST

Juan Francisco Elso: Essays on América
RSVP for zoom link https://www.elmuseo.org/event/virtual-book-launch-juan-francisco-elso-essays-on-america/

An upcoming book about an important artist that we’re excited about and proud to be part of.

The first comprehensive bilingual study dedicated to the late Cuban artist Juan Francisco Elso’s life and work, his interest in Afro-diasporic cosmologies and religious practices, and the Indigenous arts of the Américas. Published by [NAME] Publications and El Museo del Barrio

Titus Kaphar & Dwayne Betts: Redaction

A remarkable new project I was honoured to design together w Forest Young and Amanda Barrow in very close collaboration with artist #TitusKaphar and poet/lawyer #DwayneBetts.

#Redaction examines the issue of money bail in the US where people who are arrested, but unable to afford bail, remain incarcerated even though they have been neither tried nor convicted. The works are printed white & metallic ink on black paper throughout.

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324006824

Today I finally learned why they call post codes “ZIP codes” in the US. The United States Postal Service introduced them in 1963, ZIP is actually an acronym for “Zone Improvement Plan”, and the name alludes to the idea of mail travelling more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when ZIP codes are used in postal addresses. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_Code)

This incredible stamp was designed by Randall McDougall in 1973.