Our book, Symbols, is reviewed by Sara Rosen in “Unlock the Mysteries of Life with Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing” via Crave Online.
Recent Posts
Play Press: Communication Arts 2017 Typography Annual
Thank you Communication Arts and the judges of the 7th Typography Annual for including our unauthorized Trump campaign poster for publication!
We created two versions of the Trump campaign poster, foil stamping the design in two different shades of gold. Both posters were then register embossed. Trump 24K Gold-Plated is one of 143 projects out of 1,839 entries that will appear in the January/February issue of Communication Arts.
See our Trump 24K Gold-Plated poster and others under Design is Play Studio Posters.
Play Press: Graphis Design Annual 2017
Our trademark design for Sacramento Pipeworks was awarded a Silver in the new Graphis Design Annual. See our plog post dated 7 March, 2016 to see the Pipeworks identity and read about the design.
Symbols: A Lecture and Book Party at CCA, 11.21.2016
We had the pleasure of celebrating the publication of our book Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing with a lecture and book signing at California College of the Arts where we teach. It was a treat to see so many current and former students! Our friend and colleague Bob Aufuldish provided introductions, and Mac Warrick from ARCH Art & Drafting Supply was there to sell copies of the book—which we slowly signed. (Thank you Bob and Mac!)
Watch the lecture:
Symbols: Angie Wang + Mark Fox at CCA (24:50)
Play Press: Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing Now in Print
The beauty of this book is showing that symbolic language is not concise and univocal, but fluid, and contradictory, and richly endowed with narratives both past and present. —Steven Heller
Our book comprises symbols that are emblematic of different cultures, epochs, and motivations: images and artifacts created to evangelize, control, sell, teach, protest, initiate, or entertain. The range of media encompasses both the sacred and profane: oil paintings and biscuit packaging, national monuments and commercial trademarks. The work of Juan Gris and Maya Lin is treated with the same reverence as a mass-produced ashtray.
Preview or purchase Symbols. Also available at all better independent bookstores, including Kinokuniya in San Francisco, McNally Jackson in New York City, Hennessy + Ingalls in Los Angeles, and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Store.