Mike Tully

Sheba, a booklet for @emilyveleznelms , collects and continues an ongoing body of work examining the architectures of spectacle across South Florida. Duplex stippled cover with white ink and gatefold, silk print insert in the center spread, and accordion foldout. Artist: @emilyveleznelms Design: @m_tully Printing: GHP Photos: @iankline 8 x 10.5 inches 48 pages Softcover with gatefold 4-color + white ink Edition of 50

𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 is a skewed desk made of black walnut with a book on it. The spine of the book says the 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, but the actual interior of the book is Henry David Thoreau’s 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 (1854). The pages inside are also skewed 40 degrees. Douglass and Thoreau were born in 1818 and 1817, respectively. Both were self-made men, but with very different life experiences.
—Hugh Hayden with Emily Watlington, @artinamerica 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 is an artist book by Hugh Hayden, on view in his 2024 solo exhibition 𝘏𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 at @lisson_gallery in New York. Collaborating closely and drawing on Hayden’s conceptual framework, I designed the book with both the interior and cover based on first editions, Thoreau’s 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 for the interior and Douglass’s autobiography for the cover, drawing on archival research for both. All cover artwork and spine typography were redrawn from scratch. Every element of the book—covers, endpapers, and interior pages—was then manually skewed at 40 degrees, one by one, producing the sculptural object on display. Artist: Hugh Hayden @huthhayden Design: Mike Tully @m_tully Binding: Sarah Smith @stock_pile_ Coordination: Riley Duncan @fishin_with_riley 12.15 × 5 × 1.25 inches 336 pages Hardcover; blind deboss; gold foil on spine Hand-bound Interior typeset in Ionic Modern Text by @greggazdowicz @commercialtype Edition of 10 Hugh Hayden: Hughmans @lisson_gallery New York 2 May – 2 August 2024 Endless thanks to @huthhayden @stock_pile_ and @fishin_with_riley for this very special collaboration. Photos courtesy @lisson_gallery

UPDATE: SOLD OUT! Tickets for Small Talks Vol II are available now! This time we’re diving into book design and production with @m_tully and @lauracoombs 💥🔥Everyone is welcome! Our studio is small, so are our talks; tickets are limited. Graphic design by @humberto_ochoa_ . . . The event will run from 7-9pm on November 5th, with a post-talk mingle to follow the discussion. Tickets are $15 each, all proceeds go toward paying speakers for their time and work. RSVP in bio. . . . Small Talks is an in-person event series hosted by Small Editions /// Small Talks is about books: designing books, making books, publishing books, selling books, distributing books, collecting books. /// Each Small Talk will explore one theme in detail /// Small Talks will invite a myriad of book-ish folks to speak about projects, practice, and contemporary issues in book-making I|| Small Talks will be short, sweet, cozy, and informal, and will take place at our studio in Brooklyn /// Everyone is welcome.

🦪 5 🫒 17 🥂 25 🍸 ! Shot by @eileeneemond

Subway Color Archive Eighth Avenue Line Poster Edition Accompanying the SCA book is a poster edition of the publication. During the research process, paint chips were collected from the platforms, dissected, and examined for chroma, thickness, and texture. Seven unique color phases emerged. Each progressive column reveals a new portal to the layer below. Posters and books are available for request via subway-color-archive.com. Research, Project Lead @marzcargo Designed by @m_tully Printed by @conveyorstudio This research is supported by the 2023 Independent Projects program, a grant partnership of the @nyscouncilonthearts and the @archleague

Subway Color Archive Eighth Avenue Line The Subway Color Archive chronicles the layered chromatic and sensory-based elements of New York City MTA platforms. 8th Avenue Independent Line (IND) stations between 207th St and Jay St MetroTech have nearly a century of color history, now dissected and revisited. Studies from 2023–25 highlight the columns that support this massive system and their expansive colorscapes. Research, Project Lead @marzcargo Designed by @m_tully Design assistance @willllllllllllie Copyedited by @ajpartemel Printed by @conveyorstudio 5.5 x 8.5 inches 96 pages Softcover, exposed binding 4-color + white ink This research is supported by the 2023 Independent Projects program, a grant partnership of the @nyscouncilonthearts and the @archleague

Yale Paprika! ‘Kit’ tee from last year celebrating 10 years of @yalepaprika at @yalearchitecture under Minerva’s wing Thanks to @nicolasbernklau and @205tf for the type and to @kungpao_foiegras @n.t.o.kemper

Thank you to @typedirectors for awarding Perspecta 56: Not Found a Certificate of Typographic Excellence for TDC71. The publication will be included in the Annual of the Type Directors Club, ‘The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46’ and will also be shown at the 71st Awards Exhibition (TDC71) in New York City on May 13 at @theoneclubforcreativity This issue of Perspecta considers the complexities and potentialities of architectural concealment, obfuscation, and mimicry. Visitors to the traveling exhibition will get to hold and touch a book designed to respond to light and to be interacted with directly. Designed with Cat Wentworth for @mitpress @yalearchitecture and printed by @grafiche_veneziane — thank you to editors Guillermo Acosta Navarrete @willarch and Gabriel Gutierrez Huerta for the trust and collaboration.

Poster set for @mondegreen.film directed by @omglmg which recently premiered at @sfindiefest @roxie_theater with support from @sffilm Brilliant short film about an isolated sound artist who hears what she wants to hear 🔊🔊 Thanks and congrats on this @omglmg Titling type: DOSS by @sharp_type @mrcrlt

Design direction and record packaging for Gryphon Rue, ‘I Keep My Diamond Necklace in a Pond of Sparkling Water’ Photography by @n0oneh0me Mastered by @taylor12k Mixed by @4n_objx + @people_teeth Typeface: Apris by @schicktoikka First single streaming now, album dropping April 18 Thank you Gryphon @4n_objx for bringing me on for this one—was such a pleasure—and congrats 💎 this album is out of this world

Some design highlights from this year’s edition of @thearmoryshow and their 30th anniversary campaign, which I led creative direction and design for. This was a massive project and I’m hugely thankful to the dream team that made it all happen: @devividly @willllllllllllie @_erwinsan @curtiswhitear @studio__earl Laure Dubois and the entire Armory Show team Photography by @jone_bone @kunninng

Perspecta 56: Not Found The Yale Architectural Journal “Architecture is the perfect form of camouflage. As buildings recede into the background of everyday life, the myriad forces that shape our natural, social, and political landscapes hide in plain sight. Embedded within the spatial and material organizations of the built environment are ideas of value, hierarchy, and control that tilt the ground and influence perception in the name of endless competing interests.” Using transparent varnish, elements of the book—such as titles, bylines, and image frames—are concealed, becoming hyper-visible in the reflection of light. Throughout the book, image separations in black and metallic silver ink combine and deconstruct in various configurations. Designed by Mike Tully and Cat Wentworth Edited by Guillermo Acosta Navarrete @willarch and Gabriel Gutierrez Huerta @gabohuerta Copyedited by @cathryndrake Director of Communications @ajpartemel Published by @yalearchitecture @mitpress Printed in Italy by @grafiche_veneziane Typeset in Executive by @optimofoundry and the custom Executive Mono by @optimofoundry and Cat Wentworth Photographed by @iankline 9 x 12 inches 280 pages Softcover Black and metallic silver ink with silk-screened varnish Featuring contributions by: APRDELESP and Xavier Nueno Guitart @aprdelesp Ashley Bigham and Erik Herrmann @outpostoffice Esther M. Choi @esthermchoi feminist architecture collaborative @eff_arch Marianela D’Aprile and Douglas Spencer @maridapr Theo Deutinger and Christopher Clarkson @_the_department_ DESIGN EARTH @_designearth David Freeland and Brennan Buck @freelandbuck Linda Gordon Noah Kalina @noahkalina Dana Karwas @dana_karwas Adrienne Economos Miller @a.economos.miller M.C. Overholt and Alex Whee Kim @mc_overholt @skype_jonze Trevor Paglen @trevorpaglen Lukas Pauer Nina Rappaport @nina_rappaport David Sadighian Matthew Soules @matthew_soules Jerome Tryon @jerometryon Michael Young @young_ayata Launch event in New York to be announced soon.