A bold illustration of the word “YES” in thick, white block lettering with black outlines. The letters are filled with colourful geometric shapes and Ben-Day dots, with small yellow circles resembling buttons or joints at the corners.

Art: Supermundane explores his love of typography in new London show

Words: Rob Alderson
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Date: 4 June 2013; Work
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We’re already licking our lips in anticipation at the host of shows opening in east London this week and prominent among those we’re looking forward to is lovely-looking new work from Supermundane. His exhibition Super-Alpha “takes his love of typography to its natural conclusion” creating bold letterforms filled with intricate, detailed imagery.

The artist, aka Rob Lowe, says: "Coming from a graphic design background I’ve always had a love of typography. The alphabet is an amazingly resilient code that can take a huge amount of abstraction whilst still being recognisable to us. The core letter shapes can be seen as frames that can be clothed in endless ways.

“I have a preference for bold, simple letters and coupling that with my signature drawing style was a very natural progression.”

Alongside this celebration of all things alphabet, a selection of Rob’s prints that use typography will also be on show – a real visual treat in the space where typography and illustration come together.

Super-Alpha is at the Lomography Gallery Store from June 6 until June 28.

A colourful illustration of the word “HELL” in bold white letters. The letters are integrated into a complex geometric landscape of pipes, patterns and flowing green liquid. — Above
Supermundane: Hell

An illustration of a capital letter “A” filled with dense, swirling black and white line work. The intricate patterns form organic, cloud-like shapes and small, hidden faces. — Above
Supermundane: Super A

An illustration of the letters “INT” in a light blue hue. The letters are filled with intricate, swirling line patterns and small organic shapes. — Above
Supermundane: Super INT

An illustration of a capital letter “M” filled with dense, black and white line work. The intricate patterns consist of swirling, organic shapes and small circles. — Above
Supermundane: Super M

An illustration of a large, light blue letter “O” composed of intricate, swirling line work. The patterns resemble crashing ocean waves and frothy sea foam. — Above
Supermundane: Super O

An illustration of a capital letter “R” filled with intricate, swirling pink line work. The patterns create a dense, organic texture of overlapping curves and small circular shapes. — Above
Supermundane: Super R

A black and white illustration of a capital letter “Z” filled with intricate, swirling patterns. The dense line work creates organic, wave-like shapes and small circular clusters throughout the letter. — Above
Supermundane: Super Z

An illustration of the word “YES” in bold white letters against a vibrant, geometric background. The letters are integrated with yellow circles and colourful flowing shapes in blue, pink and green. — Above
Supermundane: Yes

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www.supermundane.com

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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