Rick V in Wired Magazine

Rick Valicenti appears in this month’s edition of WIRED, commenting on the huge influence of Steve Jobs on the design of letterforms. He falls right after Penn Jillette, but before Bruce Sterling… somewhere between magic and the future.

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30 November 2011 / 1 Comment

Happy 60

Two days ago, it was Rick’s birthday, so happy birthday Rick!
30 years of fun-employment and 60 years of life! Here’s to many more!

22 November 2011

Thirst on Display 3 of 3… at the Cultural Center

Rick Valicenti, John Pobojewski, and Bud Rodecker have new work on display in Write Now: Artists and Letterforms, a major exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center, presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture.

The exhibition showcases a diverse range of recent works by more than 60 Chicago artists utilizing letters and text in a wide array of mediums through April 2012.
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16 November 2011 /

Thirst on Display 2 of 3… in Lucerne, Switzerland

C2F/ Cybu Richli & Fabienne Burri are very pleased to announce COMMERCE ART, an exhibition at the Weltformat Poster Festival in Lucerne.

COMMERCE ART presents a selection of contemporary, commercial posters of artistic quality and distinctiveness. According to the curators these posters “clearly demonstrate that it is still possible to make high-quality art for commercial clients.”

Rick Valicenti/3st is thrilled to have been included with three posters. Selected posters are from all over the world and their makers range from individual graphic artists to large-scale agencies:

Eboy (Berlin)
Jianping He (Berlin)
Jung von Matt Donau (Wien)
KNSK (Hamburg)
McCann Erickson (Dublin)
Ogilvy (Singapore)
Out of the Box (New Dehli)
Stefan Sagmeister (New York)
Sulzer Sutter (Zürich)
Alex Trochut (Barcelona)
Rick Valicenti (Chicago)

4 November 2011 /

Thirst on Display 1 of 3… at the Walker

 

We are proud to announce that Thirst’s Intelligent Design is represented in the newest exhibit at the Walker Art Center: Graphic Design: Now in Production. This is the largest museum feature of graphic design since 1996. As the Walker puts it:

This major international exhibition explores how graphic design has broadened its reach dramatically over the past decade, expanding from a specialized profession to a widely deployed tool.

The exhibition is on display until January 22.

Other designers exhibited include Daniel Eatock, Experimental Jetset, James Goggin, Lust, Project Projects, Stefan Sagmeister, and many more.

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1 November 2011 /