Paul Soulellis
@soulellis.com
Artist-publisher-writer. Founding member/organizer Queer.Archive.Work. Faculty RISD Graphic Design. he/him. @soulellis everywhere. Providence, RI
it’s like taking a rotting trump steak out of the garbage and wiping it off with a 1997 think different press release and putting it out there like it’s gonna generate 100 billion
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
it’s like taking a rotting trump steak out of the garbage and wiping it off with a 1997 think different press release and putting it out there like it’s gonna generate 100 billion
is this the first product from the national design studio? trying to track how gebbia’s “apple store experience” design ethos gets eaten up by techno-fascism and regurgitated into 80s–90s-style ad campaign trash
September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
is this the first product from the national design studio? trying to track how gebbia’s “apple store experience” design ethos gets eaten up by techno-fascism and regurgitated into 80s–90s-style ad campaign trash
extra space in the new seal, too
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
extra space in the new seal, too
Looking at these ridiculous images that the US Dept of Labor is posting over on X and questioning how to teach graphic design anymore
September 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Looking at these ridiculous images that the US Dept of Labor is posting over on X and questioning how to teach graphic design anymore
this administration is about breaking things apart as a domination strategy, dismantling to put loyalists in place, and these sites are no exception. gebbia is the new musk and it smells like failure, not progress, like the cheap gold trimmings in the oval office
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
this administration is about breaking things apart as a domination strategy, dismantling to put loyalists in place, and these sites are no exception. gebbia is the new musk and it smells like failure, not progress, like the cheap gold trimmings in the oval office
honestly, of all the ways this kind of design propaganda could’ve gone, “going bigger than President Nixon” was not on my list
August 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
honestly, of all the ways this kind of design propaganda could’ve gone, “going bigger than President Nixon” was not on my list
Come!Unity Press in the documentary The Disappearance of Shere Hite / recently learned that she printed her famous questionnaire there, also found this photo of her printing with Mercure in a 1978 issue of Off Our Backs
August 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Come!Unity Press in the documentary The Disappearance of Shere Hite / recently learned that she printed her famous questionnaire there, also found this photo of her printing with Mercure in a 1978 issue of Off Our Backs
UGH or maybe it really is this obvious
August 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
UGH or maybe it really is this obvious
who designs this? ofc there’s the obvious nazi fraktur connections, but I think it’s more likely aiming for this vibe
August 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
who designs this? ofc there’s the obvious nazi fraktur connections, but I think it’s more likely aiming for this vibe
the latest from homeland security
August 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
the latest from homeland security
more from the Come!Unity archive at NYU from when I visited in december; they have hundreds of items that were printed there
July 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
more from the Come!Unity archive at NYU from when I visited in december; they have hundreds of items that were printed there
and I think we're changing the title, from Queer Typographies to Survival by Sharing, which comes from Come!Unity Press (NYC 1972–80). I did some digging recently, difficult to find much about them, but after searching their name for years now, tried searching their phone #, and this got me further
July 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
and I think we're changing the title, from Queer Typographies to Survival by Sharing, which comes from Come!Unity Press (NYC 1972–80). I did some digging recently, difficult to find much about them, but after searching their name for years now, tried searching their phone #, and this got me further
more about Katrina en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina...
including Ted Kerr’s 2020 piece on early HIV/AIDS media histories, which is how I learned about her www.thebody.com/article/new-...
including Ted Kerr’s 2020 piece on early HIV/AIDS media histories, which is how I learned about her www.thebody.com/article/new-...
July 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
more about Katrina en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina...
including Ted Kerr’s 2020 piece on early HIV/AIDS media histories, which is how I learned about her www.thebody.com/article/new-...
including Ted Kerr’s 2020 piece on early HIV/AIDS media histories, which is how I learned about her www.thebody.com/article/new-...
the AIDS Quilt panel for educator and activist Katrina Haslip; it looks like there’s an actual braid of hair sewn into the quilt, above the “n” in Katrina, and the letterforms seem to be adorned with hair, too
July 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the AIDS Quilt panel for educator and activist Katrina Haslip; it looks like there’s an actual braid of hair sewn into the quilt, above the “n” in Katrina, and the letterforms seem to be adorned with hair, too
When Palantir had DEI. since scrubbed from their site. can’t believe these are real but it seems they are.
June 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
When Palantir had DEI. since scrubbed from their site. can’t believe these are real but it seems they are.
Next Friday in NYC! so excited to join Nat Pyper and the legenday Alan Bell for a conversation and font launch at O-R-G
www.o-r-g.com/shop/a-queer...
www.o-r-g.com/shop/a-queer...
June 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Next Friday in NYC! so excited to join Nat Pyper and the legenday Alan Bell for a conversation and font launch at O-R-G
www.o-r-g.com/shop/a-queer...
www.o-r-g.com/shop/a-queer...
US printers issued a boycott against German-made fascist typography in 1939 (found at www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2014/06/boyc...)
June 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
US printers issued a boycott against German-made fascist typography in 1939 (found at www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2014/06/boyc...)
Was researching Instrument Serif, used at White House .gov (but designed for Instrument design agency), and realized that the default text used by Google Fonts is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights fonts.google.com/specimen/Ins...
June 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Was researching Instrument Serif, used at White House .gov (but designed for Instrument design agency), and realized that the default text used by Google Fonts is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights fonts.google.com/specimen/Ins...
Obama Gotham, Trump Gotham, Trump Arial, Chisholm Franklin Gothic
June 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Obama Gotham, Trump Gotham, Trump Arial, Chisholm Franklin Gothic
looking at the design and typography of Project 2025: Chronicle and Gotham
June 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
looking at the design and typography of Project 2025: Chronicle and Gotham
just adding Queer.Archive.Work, our own tiny volunteer-run collective, to the very long list of arts orgs de-funded by the NEA—would have been our first NEA grant, our largest ever, & would have created a new job here in RI. I love who we are & we’ll continue to support each other no matter what <3
May 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
just adding Queer.Archive.Work, our own tiny volunteer-run collective, to the very long list of arts orgs de-funded by the NEA—would have been our first NEA grant, our largest ever, & would have created a new job here in RI. I love who we are & we’ll continue to support each other no matter what <3