projects
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kurt vonnegut
2 B R 0 2 B
Kurt Vonnegut has a unique writing style. Beyond his witty and dark humour lies a easilly identifiable rhythm. Each story moves quickly due to his his short paragraphs and page long chapters. Shortly after his death, this short story, 2 B R 0 2 B, was posted on Project Gutenberg. Since it was free of copyright, I took the opportunity to design his short story for the web, taking his quirky writing style into consideration.
June 27, 2007 3:50 PM // PERMALINK
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openfolk
a manifesto and logo both new and old
This logo accompanies an essay I wrote about the origins, past, and unstoppable future of reproduced music. In the essay I describe how the music of the people—the folk—have always shared their music culture with one another.
I argue that this tendency is more prevelant now than ever with the ease and popularity of the internet. The goal of the mark was to quickly identify the modern and traditional, and how both trains of thought have an openess about them.
Over at Ministry of Type, Aegir Hallmundur saw the logo that I had made to represent the manifestoand had a few thoughts about it. He made some subtle but noticable changes that offer a better optical feel. Thanks for taking a look.
June 26, 2007 5:45 PM // PERMALINK
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the bitternut album
the experience of book making
Perhaps one of the most rewarding projects that I have taken on was the writing and designing of a book. Entitled The Bitternut Album, this collection of stories recollects a personal history. The prose style was close and intimate, so I infuse thesed qualites directly into the design using careful choices of type and paper, and presentation.
February 12, 2007 6:25 PM // PERMALINK
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meyerhold
a left-leaning font
I have always had an interest in Russia and how a system like Communism has an effect on the arts. The regulatory nature of those politics seemed to have manifested themselves in rigid typographic forms within the arts.
Inspired by a Constructivist poster for a play by a Russian director, I designed Meyerhold. Over several stages of development, I established cohesive sans serif, slab serif, and small caps styles.
// Check out some socialist glyphs
October 29, 2007 11:03 PM // PERMALINK
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project gutenberg
distributed proofreader
Since the summer of 2007, I have been volunteering with Project Gutenberg as a proofreader of public domain books. Project Gutenberg is an organization that collects, scans, and edits public domain works for access on the internet. Below is a list of all the projects that I have been a part of and that are currently publicly available.
The Doomsman by GVan Tassel Sutphen PG TXT HTML
March 24, 2009 9:50 PM // PERMALINK
notes
textaural
steve jankowski
For the new and unintroduced: I ’m Steve Jankowski, a Canadian graphic designer. During my business hours, I work for Fifty | Strategy & Creative. In my spare time, I like to work on book related objects, collages, and writing. I also keep my eye out for intriguing type and inspiring ideas. As well, I volunteer as a proofreader for Project Gutenberg.
If you have some interesting ideas or want to get in touch about collaborating on something intriguing, please send me an email and we ’ll talk.
fields of interest
// glitch: representations of transmission breakdown
// language: how what we see mutates how we communicate to one another
// book theory: new forms of narratives and books
// the possibilites of the public domain to affect popular culture
contact
steve [a] textaural.com