Listening with My Eyes: Typography in motion
August 3rd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
For the last month, I have been under a visual blitz by this image that I keep running into: Beyoncé in a typographic tutu. And I know very darn well that type isn’t made to be fluttery. But tell that to type sculpture guru Ebon Heath. A native of Brooklyn, Bali, and Berlin he creates his amazing typography installations using geometric shapes and grids. I’m astonished by this work and wondered why it had to take Complex magazine to put this incredible artist in the folder of artists that I secretly want to be like admire. And it’s ironic because it was only a few weeks ago that I asked myself how many renown designers of color can I name without hesitation. The list was awfully meager. In any event, kudos to Ebon and I hope to see more things from him soon (now that I’m following).
