‘Beneath the Surface’ has been updated to include new trial fonts, works in progress and potential typefaces. They’re for playing with, testing out and having fun. So dip in a toe in, test the water and see what lies beneath the surface at Swim.

AGDA Awards finalists are out, and Swim has received 6! 🤩 Big shout out to collaborators Scott Pritchett and Duncan Wright; and thanks to The Designers Foundry and Spinning Top Music. Lovely to see our projects on the national stage amongst such amazing work 👀

So I did the only thing I know: make stuff until I can tell the good ideas from the not-so-good. Then ask other peoples’ opinions. These are the resulting 49 character poster ideas for the release of ‘Dysto’.

The first version of this typeface was called ‘Scifi_Idea_v1’ back in February 2023. Today the finished version of ‘Dysto’ is released via The Designers Foundry 🚀 with illustrations by Scott Pritchett.

Back in 2022, I got a message from long-time collaborator, photographer Duncan Wright, asking if I’d be interested in working with him on the next Nicholas Allbrook solo album. It was one of the easiest questions I’ve ever been asked.

‘Beneath the Surface’ has been updated to include new trial fonts, works in progress and potential typefaces. They’re for playing with, testing out and having fun. So dip in a toe in, test the water and see what lies beneath the surface at Swim.

Had an absolute blast over in Sydney for the AGDA Awards ceremony this weekend, leaving incredibly proud of the work I've done over the first proper year of SWIM! 😊 SWIM won a Distinction and a Judges Choice for Villanelle 2.0 Typeface, a Merit for the Villanelle 2.0 Specimen and two more Merits for the SWIM Identity itself. 🤯

Type Specimen for Villanelle 2.0, produced in collaboration with Natasja Kremers and Till Death. Villanelle 2.0 is available for trial and purchase through the Type Department.

The first Fremante Design Week is launching this weekend and Gabi Fountain and I will be presenting ‘Design Design Week’, talking through the development of FDW’s identity, the value of creative collaboration and probably some other stuff that we haven’t thought of yet.