Forest

STUDIO

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804.334.4367

925 Bergen St
Suite 202
Brooklyn, NY 11238

studio@thisisforest.com

portrait by Shannon Taggart

KEY

Ponder
Path
Us
Strength
Parallel
Earth
Together
Light
Sun
Truth
Foundation

MMXI

Forest is the Brooklyn, New York based studio of Joel Speasmaker and pursues graphic design in the form of art direction, editions & publishing, branding, illustration, web design & development, various curatorial projects, and other stuff.

Joel founded and published The Drama magazine in 2000, while curating related exhibitions and running The Drama Store until 2007. He has served as art director for Anthem magazine and was comics editor for Swindle. Currently he is exhibiting personal work and self-publishing The Small Book series, while continuing to oversee all matters of the design practice.

studio, 2011

A TWEET

I'm in a really good mood!

LECTURES & EVENTS

Ligature 20
Guest, University of Florida

Islands in L.A.
Guest, Poketo

Simple Pleasures
Curator, Subliminal Projects

Row Boats Home
Curator, ODU Gallery

A to Z
Curator, Various

PUBLICATIONS

The Hand of the
Graphic Designer

Moleskin, 2011

Logology 2
Victionary, 2011

Pulled: A Catalog
of Screenprinting

Princeton Architectural Press, 2011

Little Book of Letterpress
Chronicle Books, 2010

1000 Ideas by 100
Graphic Designers

Rockport Publishers, 2009

Logology
Victionary, 2007

SELECTED PRESS

idN magazine
v18n6, 2012

Creative Quarterly
Issue 20, 2010

Good magazine
Issue 21, 2010

Mule magazine
Issue 3, 2006

Flaunt
Issue 69, 2005

XLR8R
Issue 90, 2005