Letter Invaders

Matthias Beck
Letter Invaders
Sheets

2 Editions (Cyan & Orange and Cyan and Green): 20 copies each, signed and numbered

Year: 2014

Size: 21 x 30 cm

Paper: Fedrigoni Materica Gesso, 250g

35,00€

While working with some of our typefaces, I did get curios about the shape of the ligature Œ. Rotating it 90 degrees it remembered me of the sprites (moving elements) of the first videogames like Space Invaders or Pac Man. I picked up a selection of the ligature from different typefaces to build up a “multicultureal” moveable letter army and a defending spaceship made out of the “Centauro” typeface. All build up in lead and printed in two colours on our manual Platten Press, it is a homage to the beginning of the digital age, made 100% analog.

Biografía del artista

Matthias Beck ha realizado su formación de diseño gráfico y tipografía en Berlín. Residente en Canarias desde el año 2007, fundó el estudio de diseño Rosebud en el año 2008.