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atherton

i. type design
ii. book covers
iii. editorial
iv. motion
v. illustration
vi. highlights
vii. about me
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©graham atherton
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i. type design
ii. book covers
iii. editorial
 iv. motion
v. illustration
vi. highlights
vii. about me
viii. complaints dept.

Recent Highlights:


The Graham Grotesk Letterpress




I built this letterpress based on plans by Javier Viramontes. I used this press to print exactly one poster in my own typeface that I designed. Was it worth it?

The Ramp Altarpiece



This is my triptych, “The Ramp Altarpiece”, inspired by the tradition of Renaissance/Baroque altarpieces and by the strange, liminal space that is the abandoned auto-ramp inside 808 Comm. Ave.

Elective Flyers for BU’s SVA



This series of flyers were a work project for BU’s School of Visual Arts. I designed a total of 20 flyers advertising elective courses and these are my 10 favorites. I wanted these to feel playful, angular, and colorful. Despite designing them in illustrator, I really hoped for the to look more like mid-century analog compositions that were laid out by hand. This was a great exercise in developing a distinct, memorable aesthetic across a series of similar supplies.


Praeterita Halbfett!



Inspired by German Expressionist woodblock typography, early handwritten Bauhaus manuscripts, and of course the timeless Futura.
    Praeterita means “The Past” in Latin, i.e. the opposite of Futura. Futura looked forward to the future of typography. Praeterita looks back at the type that prefigured the Bauhaus.