Modular Type Exploration

The idea behind this work is to see how simple shapes convert into a typeface. A small set of modular forms is used as building blocks, coming together to create letters in a playful yet systematic way. The project explores how repetition, rhythm, and small variations can transform basic geometry into a cohesive and expressive type system.

white noise

These typographic experiments investigate form and distortion though grids, spatial structures, and three-dimensional systems.
Set within generous white space, the works allow type to shift between signal, interference, and abstraction.

Making of 45 Symbols—Clay to Code

We’re very excited to share that 45 Symbols—Clay to Code is currently in production and approaching its final stages!

Edited by Olivier Arcioli, Pascal Glissmann, and Andreas Henrich, the book explores how research findings, personal experiences, and complex ideas can be translated into concise visual identities. Inspired by one of the most enigmatic objects in media history—the 3,700-year-old, still undeciphered Phaistos Disc with its 45 engraved symbols—the publication invites readers to discover how contemporary designers and artists develop systematic visual languages.

Over more than a decade, The Phaistos Project–Forty-five Symbols has evolved into an international design seminar series and a global community shaped by open calls, workshops, exhibitions, and risograph publications. The present volume brings together over 2,000 symbols, ranging from personal narratives to global themes, and documents collective experimentation, bold approaches, and intercultural dialogue. More than a finished archive, the book reflects an ongoing process of research and exchange.

Great care has been taken in the production of the book. 45 Symbols—Clay to Code is offset printed by Stober Medien and finished with thread-stitching by Buchbinderei Spinner, underlining the project’s commitment to material quality, craftsmanship, and longevity.

Preorder your copy now to make sure you have 45 Symbols—Clay to Code in your hands as soon as it is published.

Ledfan LP

The A sculpture is a free typographic project that combines sculptural design with light painting photography and led to the final result of a colored longtime-exposure . The abstract letter A is made of styrofoam which are originally inspired by leftover segments from a stencil (cutouts) which I adapted from a painting of Victor Vasarely. The 1,5m high sculptures´ setup was a complete dark studio, only lit by a handheld RGB LED light and I was manually changing the color during the capturing.

Black

In my work, I draw on systemic visions of the future, futuristic technologies, and space exploration. I propose alphabetic characters that have become structures—parts of a spaceship’s infrastructure or machine modules. “To boldly go where no one has gone before”

Cyber

My illustrations are inspired by a long-standing fascination with cyberpunk aesthetics and various science fiction narratives.

In my work, I draw on systemic visions of the future, futuristic technologies, and space exploration. I propose alphabetic characters that have become structures—parts of a spaceship’s infrastructure or machine modules.

Help others understand dyslexia

Help Others Understand Dyslexia uses typography as a tool for empathy. By intentionally breaking the traditional rules of legibility, I aim to disrupt the reading experience in a way that mirrors the frustrations many dyslexic people face. Through this experimental typeface (Flux), which distorts and manipulates letterforms, I hope to spark conversation and build greater awareness around dyslexia and challenge conventional design.

Remembering Veronika

Remembering Veronika is a tribute to our late friend, visual artist Veronika Bažaliková (*1978 — †2023). It recalls friendships formed during summer art symposia in eastern Slovakia. The typeface used, Anonym, originated in this shared context. Created by digitising anonymous scratched inscriptions found on the walls of an old mill in the village of Košarovce during the OpenSpace symposium in 2014, it bears raw traces of presence, absence, and memory.

Customtype REAL

The custom typeface “Real” is an expressive display font and, as a variable font for a selection of characters, can be adapted to a wide variety of end formats. As a monospaced font with around 180 letters and accents, numbers, and punctuation marks, it allows for concise visual presentations. Heavy, physical forms with deep white spaces and changing contrast points create a sense of movement and depth, light and shadow, refraction and distortion.