Studio Vance Wellenstein

Commercial Type

Client:

Commercial Type

Title:

Everything New is New Again

Year:

2023

Service:

Creative Direction

Based in New York and London, Commercial Type was founded by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz in 2008. The company publishes retail fonts developed by Barnes and Schwartz, their staff, and outside collaborators, and also creates custom type, logotypes, and lettering commissioned by editorial, institutional, and corporate clients. Their Commercial Type Design Studio focuses on the development of visual identity systems with a strong typographic bend. The creative direction was in close-collaboration with and under the direction of GrayBits.

Contact:

vancewellenstein@gmail.com
+1 (612) 387-9284

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About:

Studio Vance Wellenstein is a New York City-based creative direction and graphic design office working collaboratively across cultural and commercial sectors. Our scalable practice specializes in visual identities; printed matter and publications; music packaging and campaigns; and partnering with technology companies to create websites and digital applications.

Select Clients:

  • 125 Newbury
  • The Baffler
  • Boca Raton Museum of Art
  • Boys Noize
  • Canal Street Projects
  • Castelli Gallery
  • Changes Press
  • Cigarettes After Sex
  • Commercial Type
  • The Contemporary Austin
  • Creative Time
  • Cultural Counsel
  • Grand Jury Records
  • Hassla Books
  • The Hold Steady
  • The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • MoMA PS1
  • The New York Times
  • Pace Gallery
  • Partisan Records
  • Post Times
  • PowerHouse Books
  • Pratt Institute
  • Verso Books
  • Walker Art Center

Teaching:

  • California College of the Arts (CCA)
  • Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
  • The Museum of Arts and Design
  • Parsons School of Design
  • Pratt Institute
  • School of Visual Arts (SVA)
  • University of Pennsylvania (UPENN)
  • Yale University

Services:

  • Campaign
  • Editorial Illustration
  • Exhibition Design
  • Music Packaging
  • Publication Design
  • Visual Identity
  • Website Design