BLOOD MERIDIAN IN A GATED COMMUNITY

Book

2020

A poetry book written by Karlos Rene Ayala. This short paperback takes Fox News articles, and deconstructs them into poems with new meanings. Broken into two chapters: America, and Florida Man, the design takes inspiration from early web, quickly made ads, fast food, westboro baptist church, chick tracts, & other American things. 

Eternalist

Typeface, Book, & Textile

2019

Eternalist is a Display Typeface concieved out of various philosophical concepts of time: Eternalism and Presentism. Designed of mostly hard edges, and informed by thin diagonal strokes reminiscent of calligraphic form, the typeface operates as a graphic tool for impactful headlines & patterning. 

Renewer

Lettering

2019

Lettering commissioned by Robbie Landsburg for post-rock/genre-bending band Renewer.

CHAPPED Anthology

Book

2019

Published with Basset Hound Press, and CHAPPED House. The Anthology is composed of poetry, short stories, and visual art. A hard candy is used as a symbol for ephemerality throughout.