On November 16th, Alicia Ostriker will be reading luminous poems from her 20th collection, The Holy & Broken Bliss, as part of the Stanton Reading Series. The poster for the reading event in New York features an early use of Bitzer. James Plattner’s display roman was released just last month through Future Fonts. The secondary fonts ate Aperçu Mono and PP Monument.

In April 2023, poet Michael Waters read from his book Sinnerman, published that year with Etruscan Press. The poster for the reading event pairs two all-caps typefaces, Marvin Visions by Mathieu Triay and a condensed style of Sequoia by Rachel Kick. The design takes advantage of the fact that in Marvin Visions, the author’s initials form a near-perfect mirror image when stacked on top of each other.

When I write a poem, I am crawling into the dark. Or else I am an aperture. Something needs to be put into language, and it chooses me. I invite such things.

Earlier this year, poet Alicia Ostriker read from two of her new works appearing in 2024. The poster for the reading event takes up the aperture motif from the quote. The typography to go with it combines three different sans serifs. The main one is Swell, “a new take on the the timeless classic, Kabel Black” by Break Maiden. It’s supported by ITC Avant Garde Gothic (bottom left) and James Sobol’s all-caps Slow Grade (top right).

Flyer for a poetry reading in Provincetown, Massachusetts. There is a decent amount of text to fit into this flyer legibly, so I was angling for typefaces that have narrower character widths…and particularly condensed variations for the headlines. Kapra is a great choice for this type of thing.

Poster made as commentary on America’s embedded relationship with firearms.

Poster design for the gig of Grateful Dead cover band Skull & Roses at Stone Church Music Club in Newmarket, NH on April 3, 2021.

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Brand identity for Donut – an organization that is building tools to help every company cultivate and maintain an engaged and happy workforce.

StudioRd partnered closely with the Donut team to assist in refining and extending the brand while still retaining its quirky origins. Following the lead of the original logomark, we created a voice and visual language rooted in playfulness and authenticity. Vibrant colors and jovial illustrations combined with the softness of the Bariol type family help to imbue a sense of carefree inclusiveness. The logotype was created with the intention of both expressing the brand’s unique point of view and also positioning it appropriately against a sea of other technology startups. We then applied the visual system across a slew of touchpoints, including a new website, pitch decks, conference materials, collateral and general swag.