Cina

After a year and a half of relentless dedication, Cina Sans is finally ready to step into the light. Each letter is the result of daily refinement and a deep love for typeface design. I encourage you to explore and test it yourself. > www.publictype.us - 9 Weights 1460 characters per weight Many stylistic sets greatly alter the look and use (many fonts in one). etc -

Delighted to announce the launch of my new mini-site, featuring a curated collection of my collaborative work with @ghostly . I deeply appreciate the opportunity to have clients who provide the space and time necessary for me to develop a body of work. Thank you to the Ghostly team and musicians for their exceptional partnership and trust. Your support has been incredible and means the world to me. Also, thank YOU for being a part of this journey. ✌ >> link / >> link I will also be building a Spectral site and more! _______ TY @sv4 + @dogpasta _______ _______ _______ #NewWebsite #website #webdesign #websitedesign #marketing #digitalmarketing #design #seo #webdevelopment #web #business #michaelcina #branding #graphicdesigner #ui #websitedesigner #uidesign #graphicdesign #instagram #albumcover #designer #websitedesigner #ghostly #Gratitude #CreativeExploration

The new Cina Associates branding site is up documenting select identity projects through the years. One endeavor of my career is trying to find a balance between ‘corporate’ and higher creative. It’s not about always having a perfect project but about what I can bring to the table: energy, attitude, communication, trust, experience, gathered wisdom and creative methods. Design work is inherently challenging, but it’s this challenge that keeps me going. The older I get the more I am into communication and using what wisdom and experience I have obtained to help people. Now I approach every project in an open/abstract manner, trying to find the best tool. I have been seeing how my process has expanded and thinking about how I use multiple approaches/tools and perspectives to find solutions now. Here are a few marks I have made through the years. Enjoy and happy to talk about anything you are building. ——— #branding #marketing #graphicdesign #design #logo #digitalmarketing #brand #business #socialmedia #advertising #socialmediamarketing #graphicdesigner #logodesigner #brandidentity #entrepreneur #designer #creative #logodesign #art #marketingdigital #smallbusiness #dise #brandingdesign #webdesign #instagram #illustration #logos #seo #photography #fashion

Every Herb Sundays @herbsundays cover starts at nothing. No plan, no sketch, no mood board. Half the time is just thinking while I do other things. I listen to the playlist, look into the person a little, and wait for what I call "the in." Sometimes it's a detail about who they are, a contrast, or maybe a gut feeling. I don't like making a move before I have an idea because that usually just wastes time. Once I find it, the rest is pretty effortless. Finding it is the hard part. The music they select is usually more useful than the music they make. Not everybody featured is a musician, so copying a musician's aesthetic is a dead end and something I avoid. The playlist tells you something about their taste, and that's more honest material to work with, rather than a press photo or a bio. I used to overthink this. Now I've learned to let my mind drift without forcing it. It's like not gripping the problem but definitely happens. I might be working on something else and the idea just surfaces. The unfocused state is where a lot of the ideas come from.

I’m speaking at the @walkerartcenter at 7pm tonight, March 18th. Thirty years of work, traced through the personal projects that shaped everything else. There are a few tickets left. Come through and would love to see you.

Herb Sundays 180: Michael Cina 101 Playlist (Apple / Spotify) and art by @michaelcina In advance of his talk at @walkerartcenter , as part of their famed Insights lecture series this week, I asked Michael Cina for a more definitive playlist from his life so far. Cina (yes, “chee-na”) is, of course, the artist/designer whose images enliven @herbsundays each week, but it’s but a small fraction of his work, a footnote really of a vast career of exploration that continues forth. "Any list is a lie. A “101” of songs cannot hold a lifetime of listening and deserves infinite space. This list contains endless omissions that bother me, imbalances I don’t have time to fix, entire worlds that didn’t make it in. What I’ve come to believe is that what you seek, and what you find, is a foggy glimpse of who you actually are. Every record, a form of self-construction, a collaged self-portrait made of other people’s expressions. I caught the bug young and in high school I was sneaking records into the house because I had “too many.” At the peak I owned well over 15,000, constantly selling parts off and letting new things in. My collections are living, an ever-changing stream, not a monument. It moves because you change and prune. Music is the highest art, going beyond where words and images can reach. It physically finds emotions you didn’t have language for and gives it a home. It locates truths. Music is present at every significant human moment, grief, joy, anger, love… sometimes capturing the future and often reflecting the past. This list runs that gamut and doesn’t even scratch the surface. Some of these artists I found by exploring their entire catalog, side projects, session credits. Some found through friends with the same affliction, sharing. Some found me exactly at the right moment, its own kind of apparition. Ultimately this is a self-portrait, possibly a mere projection. I know it holds past selves, old friends, moments of joy and loss, stories for days. The omissions are part of it too. Music gave me a way to know myself. Maybe this will find something for you."

The Insights Design Lecture Series is back! This year’s series brings together designers working across art, fashion, music, publishing, and global brands. Featured speakers: Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas (A Practice for Everyday Life), Zak Kyes (Zak Group), Michael Cina (Cina Associates/Ghostly), and Hassan Rahim (12:01AM). The series runs March 4–25 at the Walker Art Center. Copresented with @aigamn .

Papa Mbye -CARE 4 U @papambye_ single artwork. Did a deep dive for this cover. All work (30+ pieces) was done by hand. More to come and thanks to Papa and @bradenxlee (photo/direction)

I'm speaking at the Walker Art Center on March 18 as part of their Insights 2026 Design Lecture Series. The talk will cover my work including the studio practice at Cina Associates and years of collaboration with @ghostly . Wednesday, 7pm, Walker Cinema. Tickets at walkerart.org. @walkerartcenter

IN A THINKING ESSAY, MICHAEL CINA OF TELL EXAMINES “THE FOGNET”. WHAT WE LOST WHEN CONNECTION BECAME CONTENT. “Into the Fognet” moves past feeds and platforms to consider how information actually travels. Drifting, gathering, and dispersing in ways that privilege trust and care over scale and spectacle. The essay reflects on attention and the quiet infrastructures that shape how we relate to one another and what might still be recovered outside the logic of endless visibility. Read the full essay on TELL-WORLD.COM ✦ LINK IN BIO ✦

Come spend a week this May with me and @michaelcina at @penlandschool . Learning and Unlearning in Studio Practice: May 24, 2026 - May 29, 2026. This workshop offers a path to developing a robust studio practice where curiosity and exploration take center stage. Drawing inspiration from the origins of kindergarten, we will embrace a non-linear, non-goal-oriented approach to problem-solving. Through engaging hands-on projects involving various mediums like type, paint, paper sculpture, and drawing, you will learn to listen and respond to materials, allowing them to guide your artistic decisions. We will emphasize the importance of sketching, ideation, critique, and presentation. By the end of the workshop, you will have gained valuable insights into your creative process and established a jumping off point for your studio practice, ready to embark on a lifelong journey of artistic growth. All levels. Registration Dates: January 14, 2026 - May 8, 2026 Workshop Dates: May 24, 2026 - May 29, 2026

In November we welcomed designer Michael Cina and Ghostly International founder Sam Valenti IV to the SVA Graduate Center for a conversation on 25 years of art, music, and collaboration at Ghostly. Huge thanks to the students, alumni, and extended community who joined us. It was an evening of stories about how design, relationships, and long-term creative partnerships create culture-shaping work.