LAVINIA LASCARIS


Selected projects

︎︎︎ Quasi
︎︎︎ Do you have a platypus?
︎︎︎ Thumbs up to the thugs
︎︎︎ Polski Projekt
︎︎︎ Redact, Rewrite, Reframe
︎︎︎ Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía
︎︎︎ Captcha this
︎︎︎ Baby ink twice
︎︎︎ Mike/Sierra/Tango
︎︎︎ Plan B: Spirit of the Bauhaus
︎︎︎ Idiot (grad thesis)
︎︎︎ Nice (fellowship)

Info
Graphic designer from Greece, based in Los Angeles, specializing in exhibition and book design with a focus on typography. Currently the Associate Director of Design and Programming at Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT), and faculty at ArtCenter College of Design.


Talks
Typographics 2023
Letrastica 2022
AirTalk
Command Z Podcast
ArtCenter, Lecture series (spring 22)
Book Club of California


Awards/Recognition
PPN Book Show 2023: Best in Show: Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía
IDA Design Awards 2022: Baby Ink Twice
Commarts 2020: Mike/Sierra/Tango
TDC Communication Design 2020: Plan B
TDC Communication Design 2020: Idiot
GDUSA Graphic Design 2019: Plan B
HMCT Typography Fellowship 2018


Press
Hyperallergic
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The Daily Heller (10/13/23)
The Daily Heller (09/29/23)
The Daily Heller (01/18/23)
Shoutout LA
Voyage LA
Eye on Design
Justified: HMCT Profile


Contact
lavinialascaris@gmail.com
Instagram
LinkedIn




LAVINIA LASCARIS
Graphic design, Exhibition design, Research








Do you have a platypus?
HMCT Gallery, 2023


Do you have a platypus? features a selection of existing FAQs adopted from established institutions typeset as found—with no grammatical corrections—in fonts designed by students in Greg Lindy’s Font Design course at ArtCenter College of Design. “Can twins read each other’s minds?” “Why is it illegal to sell a used mattress in Florida?” “Are giraffes government spies?” This exhibition explores whether typefaces can influence—and be influenced by—the quotes they are set in. 

Read article on The Daily Heller: Is the Plural of Platypus Platypi or Platypuses? 


Creative direction, design: Greg Lindy
Exhibition design: Lavinia Lascaris
Editorial assistance: Alex Kasper
Exhibition assistance: Joshue Molina, Ximena Amaya