Reading
I find myself hungry to slow way down, read deliberately, think through what I’m reading. I’ve always been a fast “recognizer” of letterforms, responding to subtitles at the cinema a […]
Is it OK to write about food?
Academics [strikethrough] designers [strikethrough] people eat, right? It’s an overcast, chilly Sunday in upstate New York. I need something tasty and filling and quick. This almost-bibimbop (no banchan, side dishes) […]
Somos Cuba
A 2018‑19 Winter Intersesssion collaboration of SUNY New Paltz and Instituto Superior de Diseño (ISDi) students in Havana, Cuba During January 2019, after six months of planning travel and curriculum, […]
I’m on Medium …
I’m loving having an informal platform: https://algalperin.medium.com
Portfolio highlights!
For several years I designed books, most cover-to-cover, as well as some cd packaging, and ephemera for museums. Here’s a sampling of print works. Pit’s Letter [above], an illustration-driven anti-vivisection […]
Collective Consciousness
I’m delighted to announce that two pieces of my work will be exhibited as part of the SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty show Collective Consciousness, February 6-April 11, 2021. Here’s […]
baseline shift
I just finished the final edit on my essay “Betti Broadwater Haft: ‘Letterforms Are Sacred to Me,'” included in the upcoming (Fall 2021) Princeton Architectural Press book Baseline Shift: Untold […]