designed by XYZ Type Foundry in collaboration with Polymode
Imagine a typeface made to express the many different kinds of drag that a single person can embody—a typeface that modulates between "acting basic," "going to work," and "opulence" with the flick of a switch. Design studio Polymode (the bi-coastal, LGBTQ+, and Minority-owned studio of Silas Munro and Brian Johnson) collaborated with XYZ Type Foundry to create this intentionally bumpy typographic system. Through its exceptionally fluid and outwardly joyous process, it demonstrates how graphic design can be a powerful platform for expression and connection alike.