We are a Brooklynite and a Hoosier, and we make seed bombs and other things about places. VisuaLingual is a small design studio located in our adopted home of Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati. By keeping our operation compact and flexible, we are able to deeply explore the idiosyncrasies of hyper-localized cultural production, focusing on Cincinnati and beyond.
This blog catalogs our own projects and sources of our inspiration, including aspects of urban life, visual culture, typography, cartography, architecture, interior design, and home decor, focusing primarily on points of intersection among those areas.
See more of our work and shop online in our Etsy shop. For wholesale terms, press queries, or other concerns, please contact: mayadrozdz [at] gmail [dot] com
Some VL press and interviews with us:
* Cincinnati Growing Cincinnati
* VisuaLingual’s Seed Bomb Biz Blooms
* SoOh Spotlight: Maya and Michael from VisuaLingual
* Local Seed Bombs Take Root across the Country
* A True Urban Couple Creating Locally Influenced Designs
* Little Seeds Grow Business and Teach Lessons
* Finding Design Inspiration in Over-the-Rhine
* Etsy Featured Seller: VisuaLingual
* Unofficial Etsy Featured Seller: VisuaLingual
* Etsy Designers at Home: VisuaLingual
Our work is included in the following books:
* Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes
* 365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers: Insider Secrets from Top Designers on Working Smart and Staying Creative
* Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces
* Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book
* 100 Habits of Successful Publication Designers: Insider Secrets for Working Smart and Staying Creative
Check out Maya’s Cincinnati-centric writing elsewhere:
For Design*Sponge:
* Cincinnati Design Guide
For Hatch:
* Cincinnati Architecture
For BuyCincy:
* Get Fired Up at Funke Fired Arts!
* Three Sheets 2 the Wind Trunk Show
* AVS ART Gallery
* OTR’s Bohemian Rebirth at the Iris Book Cafe
* NVISION: Funky Shopping in Northside
* Visual History Gallery: Local History Told in Photos
For Apartment Therapy:
* Look! Memorial Hall Color Inspiration
* House Tour: Mason’s Art-Filled Loft
* Charley Harper at Cincinnati’s Fab Frames
