16 Pages (two 8-pagers)

Rick Valicenti and crew have just recently finished three 8-page book contributions. I know we’ve been quiet for awhile, but it’s not for lack of work (Much more coming soon). Without further ado here they are.

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Designer/friend, James Victore, extended an invitation to Rick Valicenti and other international design-thought leaders to imagine what they would do if they could design anything. Contributions will be published by Rockport Publishers under the title LUST later this year.

Since every message has already been designed (at least once) and almost all of the layout issues have been resolved over and over, Rick proposes dedicating the rest of his waking design time creating experiences and things that catalyze the best response of all–I LOVE YOU. Because of this project, the first in a series of SAY, I LOVE YOU installations will be revealed at the close of this summer.

Lust Contributors List:
Pierre Bernard Jr Paris
John Bielenberg Maine
Neville Brody UK
Art Chantry Washington
Matthias Emstberg New York City
Will Freeborn Scotland
Fernando Gutierrez London
Christian Helms Austin
Rodovan Jenko Slovenia
Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker New York City
Chip Kidd New York City
Fanny LeBras Paris
Keizo Matsui Japan
Matthew McGuiness Brooklyn
Poitr Mlodozeniec Poland
Christoph Niemann Berlin
Mike Perry Brooklyn
Kari Piippo Finland
Paul Sahre New York City
Ahn San-soo Korea
Morgan Sheasby Brooklyn
Rick Valicenti Chicago
James Victore Brooklyn
Wang Xu Beijing
Catherine Zask Paris

ENFORCER, Rick Valicenti’s 8-page typographic introduction to the important overview of Chicago’s Typeforce,  exhibition catalog.

Rick comments on his own work by saying, “While it looks economical, don’t be fooled as it says all and more. Over the eight pages, I added a dash of multi-faceted commentary along with a heavy dose of respect to Chicago’s neo-naughty naissance.” He went on to say, “I do tend to speak in visual language tongues, so I suspect only a handful will get the entirety of what I am attempting to communicate — oh well, it was so much fun to play the role of E N F O R C E R “. Rick shared the opportunity with his favorite collaborators, John Pobojewski (also a Typeforce exhibitor), Bud Rodecker, and Jason McAloon.

The original big warm red letter is from the previous Burger King vacu-formed sign propped up against the wall of Mike Essl’s office in the new Cooper Union Building which Rick photographed during a recent visit on his iPhone. Why this letter? Rick reminds us that “this letter has important Chicago origins (Oz Cooper’s Cooper Black) even though it was bastardized in the name of commerce”.