Something magical happened on Twitter today. A nerdy joke that my husband has been snickering about for awhile was released into the wild, and it grew wings.
So here’s the idea: Cosmic Sans, a series of 26 sci-fi and/or space themed letterforms, designed by 26 designers. Each letterform must be inspired by “the cosmic” and a riff on Comic Sans. (“Riff” here meaning it must be sans serif, and in some way traceable back to Comic Sans, but NOT ugly. Points for good design.) Each designer will produce a letterform, and a 12″ x 12″ art piece featuring the letterform. All 26 pieces will be printed (handmade printing methods encouraged, but not required), hung in a Seattle gallery show, and showcased in an online gallery for posterity.
Are you cosmic enough to join? (Please do!) Comments on this blog post will be the official registration for the series. Include your name, portfolio site (so we can get to know you), and which letter you’d like to do. Open to all, but we will jury the final 26 pieces for the show (if we get a crazy turnout). Are you excited? We are!
Due date and additional info on the gallery show when we have all 26 letters accounted for!
Sara McNally, this is my website, and I want the letter M!
I want the letter B!
B for Bratcher. Check!
Totally! I’d like to do “S”
Can I do the letter ‘J’???
Yes.
Yay! Can’t wait to see it.
YES! Haha amazing.
Count me in — mark me for the Z?
Z for Zac. Yes!
This sounds amazing. So. Very. Amazing.
I’m in for the letter H if possible!
@Mark Kate McDevitt
Brave soul with that S.
Aww man, you’re doing this too Justin? Gonna make us look bad.
Yes! I’ll take P or whatever…
POWER
Yes, this is going to be awesome! I’ll go for the letter “A”.
Start at the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start!
Can I reserve the letter “A”?
Someone beat you to the punch for A, would you like a different letter?
How about the letter “O”?
O-bsolutely!
I would really like to do R… if I’m allowed to… I do have two questions, however…
Ask away!
I don’t think mine posted last time so I’m trying again, but I’m all in for H.
Gotcha down for H!
I’ll take “T”
I’ll take G, though it was a tough choice.
We’re glad to have you!
I’d like to do the letter “L”! Is it upper or lower case? I think I’d prefer lowercase (if I have any choice in the matter).
Great question! I leave it up to your discretion.
Excellent. I choose you, lowercase!
Do you have all your 26 participants/letters already? I want in!
We’d love to have you! We still have several letters available: c, d, e, f, i, k, n, q, u, v, w, & y
Sweet. I’ll take whatever i still available as of this post.
It’s too bad “J” is taken but “W” please!
Hi There! Can I reserve the letter k?
Any chance I could snag Q?
Could I please grab Y?
Oh crap I totally missed this, having been off twitter for a few days. A FEW DAYS, PEOPLE!
OK… looks like c, d, e, f, i, n, u, v are left. I would like please to have F. As in futuristic.
Hey Sara, looks like Will Foster and Drew Pickard have not shown up yet. You might want to clue them in.
Yeah, I talked to Drew on Tuesday. I’m going to shut down entries for now, and compile a list of who’s shown interest and fill in the blanks with some additional designers who I know are interested but haven’t signed up yet. More info and details to come soon!
Mister Drew signed me up for N.
I’d like to do the letter U . That sounds dirty… :\
I’d be enthusiastically into E.
I would love to do a letter and I don’t even care which one!
Oh, I wish I found out about this sooner! If there’s even a single letter left, I’d do it.