

We’re excited to announce that our very own John Pobojewski and Bud Rodecker are participating in the upcoming Printervention exhibition. Their modern WPA poster will be displayed alongside posters from over 70 of the best designers, print-makers, and artists from across…
6 April 2010
/ Exhibition / Print


The spring 2010 IIT lecture poster features the latest incarnation of Rick Valicenti’s custom typography. At first glance these letterforms may seem chaotic and illegible, however chaos and illegibility do not live in Thirst’s lexicon without a foundation of hidden…

Inspired by Rick Valicenti’s Notes to Self paintings, Bud Rodecker has set a personal goal to create something everyday in 2010. Restricted by a self-imposed discipline, Bud is posting the artifacts of his making process on the close of each day at…
5 March 2010
/ Found / Print / Research


In conjunction with Curiosities, We have produced a 214 page book of all the alphabets from The Playground.
“Our friends accepted the invitation to create an alphabet of 26 illuminated characters designed not to start a sentence, but to begin…


Heartbreaking; great. -Marian Bantjes
Rick Valicenti, one of the world’s most thoughtful designers -Michael Bierut
We’ve just completed a 410 page volume that catalogs Rick Valicenti’s 500+ Notes To Self / 12.31.2007 – 08.31.2008. In Rick’s intro to this work he describes his experience.
…while visiting…