’Tis the Season for Handwriting—Meet an Expert
He’s just embellished a font for a perfume for film he’s not allowed to reveal, but what he can talk about are the other objects that debut this December. “I have always wanted to take lettering off the page," said the soft-spoken artist, and he has. He’s created shoji screens, lampshades and umbrellas—all aswirl with lettering for Tiffany windows as well as installations for Bergdorf Goodman. Not surprisingly The Neue Gallery has commissioned an exclusive “Ich liebe Dich” scarf and handkerchief in his signature melding of Spencerian and Copperplate. And then there’s his new luxury venture that launched last week, OM with Bernard Maisner.http://www.om-nyc.com/om-with-bernard-maisner