Print magazine’s TYPE&FORM issue celebrated typography in all its various forms. The cover sculpture, created and designed by Karsten Schmidt, supported the feature article on kinetic typography. The phrase was built through generative design, executed into solid form through 3-D printing and then photographed, bringing it back to 2-D format. The end result looks larger than life but was actually only a few inches tall. 

Having not seen Print magazine for a couple of years, I am happily surprised! What a lift! Both content and design are new and inspired. This particular cover and issue are irresistible. Thank you!

Refreshing and light; the artwork is allowed to shine.

Tough to please the design community but many good things are happening. Cover type illustration hints at a future with 3-D printing and foreshadows technology’s continued impact on design.