Love Is Never Out of Reach
Love Is Never Out of Reach by NYC artist Mad Anthony Marshall. 25 edition serigraph poster prints. View poster at Crack Press.
Portland Type Workshop July 14-15
The first Portland Type Workshop will be hosted at Wieden and Kennedy presented by the Portland Type Co.
SPORE type featured in The Case & Point
The custom typeface SPORE designed by Pete McCracken and Veronika Burian of Type-Together for Electronic Arts popular life-simulation game SPORE is featured this month on The Case & Point
Portland Type Co. formerly plazmfonts & plazmtype design
Portland Type Co. founded in 2010, was first introduced in 1993, by Pete McCracken who founded the eclectic foundry to create typefaces for his design projects. The first typeface he created in 1992 and the first to be inducted into the foundry was “Petescript” – based on his handwriting created in his first year at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Surprised by the first commercial application he witnessed, Petescript was the cover of the Aerosmith greatest hits album BIG ONES. Since then, Pete has created over 75 typefaces and custom typography both experimental and commercial for MTV, Adidas, Dr. Martens, Doug Fir, Nike, Wieden and Kennedy, PICA, Starbucks, BBH, TARGET, PNCA, Plazm magazine and most recently for SPORE, a life simulation game from Electronic Arts, in collaboration with Cinco Design and Veronika Burian. Pete also continues to teach at his alma mater, PNCA and mentor emerging graphic artists and typeface designers. Thanks to all for the amazing work and great times – we look forward to many more.
PRESENTING CLIP “ART”
Presenting CLIP “ART”, a solo show by Pete McCracken. Serigraphy on canvas at OFFICE PDX, 2204 NE Alberta.
SPORE CUSTOM TYPEFACE
A three weight typeface family created exclusively for the Electronic Arts life simulation hit computer game. Pete created and executed the proprietary typefaces in collaboration with the very talented Veronica Burian and Cinco Design.
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PETE ORGANIZES AND WORKS WITH A TEAM FROM PNCA
Faculty and students to complete 340 monotypes and screen prints for The Nines, a new hotel in downtown Portland. The team included PNCA faculty: Christy Wyckoff, Tom Prochaska, Yoshi Kitai, Abra Ancliffe, Morgan Walker and Matthew Letzelter, print technician Palmarin Merges, and PNCA students Alena Turner, Vanessa Kauffman and Derek Franklin.
OCAC BRAND BOOK WINS AIGA AWARD
Pete McCracken of Crack Press | Plazmfonts handprinted 3 color letterpress pages on newsprint for Ziba Design’s OCAC brand identity. The tactile nature of the letterpress and materials emphasized the creative direction. The book will be added to the AIGA Design Museum in Denver, CO.
CREAMY BULLETS COVER DESIGN BY PETE MCCRACKEN
Kevin Sampsell’s largest and most ambitious collection to date, Creamy Bullets, captures the Portland author at the top of his game. Collecting everything from stunning flash fiction to his hilarious and intense longer stories, Sampsell’s latest is a highlight reel of his uncollected work from the past ten years.
Check out: Portland Mercury Review