Nick Adam
Lettering and object design for Rick Valicenti’s Earn Urn
Freelance
Rick Valicenti
Cultural, Design
Brand Identity, Print, Campaign, Interactive
Rick Valicenti
Design Direction
Nick Adam
Design Direction
Angie West, Sara Ramirez, Nick Moyer, Allyson Reza, Aaron Wolf-Boze, Liam Hoy, Amanda Patenaude, West Supply
Fabrication
Huang Li and Jia Huang
3D Rendering
Jonathan Allen
Photographer
The two objects were designed to hold what remains when one passes. In this case, Rick’s summary of wealth and one’s ashes is much like the Egyptian belief of creating a sarcophagus that holds both the bodily remains and items of financial wealth.
The custom typography Nick Adam follow the 18th century and prior traditions of expressive letterforms that were used to celebrate the life and passing of the deceased.
Formally respond in a fluid manner to the eye-shape contour. The letterform style is psychedelic inspired offering a transcendence feeling of escape.
In an infomercial (hosted on RickValicenti.com) Rick describes the objects as: ‘The perfect gift of the ideal resting place for that special someone you love. The Earn orb is a stunning symbol of wealth management. The Urn orb is the ideal way to look back on the love you lost and keep them forever in your home.’
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and Associate Partner at Span.Studio
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