We just came back from Barcelona, where we had a truly amazing time. The reason for our trip was a lecture we were asked to deliver at the MACBA, on the occasion of the DHUB exhibition A New Typeface.

Thanks to Silvia Roses, Laura Meseguer, Ramon Prat, Bartomeu Mari and everybody else involved, for making this event possible. (The above image is a twitpic that we 'borrowed' from a person called Kaaliss; sorry for that).
If we ever get the time, we will certainly publish a transcript of the lecture on our website; we hope to have a chance to update our online archive later this year.

We were recently asked by Shepley Bulfinch, one of the oldest architecture firms in the US, to design a 22" x 34" poster announcing their 2010 fellowship. For the design, we decided to do something with the Roman numerals 'MMX'. The poster was printed last week, and will be sent to art schools and design academies all over the US:

Dan Vlahos (from Shepley Bulfinch) just wrote a short text about the poster on the SB weblog. For his article, we sent him with some quick, early, 'back of the envelope' ballpoint-pen sketches, to provide some background information about the design process; these sketches can be seen here.

Some assorted news. First of all, in addition to our MySpace page, we now also have a Facebook page. Check it out, and join the group. Secondly, we'll be in Barcelona this week, to do a lecture at the MACBA; more information can be found here.

And while we're on the subject of lectures; as some of you might know, we did a lecture in Dublin last year (see our previous post). On the occasion of that event, we were asked by the organizers to design a shirt, to be sold (as merch) during the conference. Shown below the shirt we came up with:

If you're interested in getting one, you should contact The Small Print, to see if they have any left. Thanks to AB for the photograph!

We could write a couple of things. We could tell you about the lecture we recently did in Dublin (1,2), and the fun times we had over there (3,4). Or show you a photograph of a print we designed months ago for Shelter. We could write about the graphic identity we just completed for NAiM / Bureau Europa. Or about the graphic identity we are currently working on, for Precinct 5. Or about the t-shirt we designed for Stussy. We could remind you of the shirts that were recently reissued by Publik. But we won't do that. We just want to wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. All the best for 2010!