21 December 2012

American Designers Create Typographic Posters Of Their Native States’ Mottos



Tad Carpenter, Missouri



Brooklyn-based designer and illustrator Dan Cassaro invited 50 American designers to create a typographic print centered around their native state’s motto—the resulting pieces are now exhibited at the Ace Hotel in New York City.



“50 and 50 is a curated project which attempts to construct a handsome new way of looking at our country. Fifty designers, one per state, have illustrated their state motto, creating something steeped in history but completely modern and unique: a kind of designer’s atlas.”



Featuring a patriotic palette of red and blue, each print displays a distinctive illustrative aesthetic and give new life to timeless slogans like “While I Breath, I Hope” and “Ever Upward”.





Daniel Cassaro, New York





Meg Hunt, Connecticut





Fuzzco, Carolina





Mikey Burton, Ohio





Matt Lane Harris, Alabama





Johnny Ashcroft, New Mexico





Friends of Type, Michigan





Bobby McKennan, Virginia





Two Arms, Florida



[via Fifty and Fifty State Mottos Project]