Andrew Byrom is a Brit now living in Long Beach, CA, where he teaches and runs a graphic design consultancy. I was introduced to his work through an exhibit I curated some years back entitled I Profess: the Graphic Design Manifesto, and he’s got a type specimen in the traveling exhibit Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography.
Byrom’s professional experience includes a four-year apprenticeship at a shipyard and, looking at the work above, I think the connection is obvious. He’s a builder-designer, whose work seamlessly melds digital technology with hand craft.
From the top: Byrom TSS, Byrom TSS-2, and Interiors.
[...] a stark, b/w A-Z format. I’ve featured the work of my friend Arjen Noordeman and the talented Andrew Byrom, who are both in the exhibit. The exhibit catalog includes all the alphabets and is a veritable [...]
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