twenty-six.design is an independent design, editorial, and research studio led by Jarrett Fuller. Our work takes shape across a variety of media, from books and websites to podcasts and installations and we work with clients large and small, around the world.

In addition to client work, we also produce experimental work, research projects, and original content, including Scratching the Surface, a weekly design criticism podcast; readings.design, an online archive of canonical graphic design texts; and other books and speculative projects.

The Information Zine

The Information Zine is an eight-page, two color publication printed on newsprint about the history of information distribution, access, and censorship. Born out of our independent research on distribution, the publication uses the form of the zine (a traditional sub-cultural form of distribution), to chronicle this complicated history. Its form becomes a method of distribution while constantly balancing obstruction and access. A companion digital version was also created that borrows the aesthetics of the printed zine and reimagines them in a digital context.

Client Self-Initiated
Type
  • Content
  • Research
  • Print
Year 2016

The design of zine is rooted in history. The three typefaces used include a blackletter, a monospace, and Clarendon representing different eras of newpaper publishing. There is a strict grid that progressively breaks, mirroring the ease of distribution through history.

This piece was meant to serve as a research catalyst into the history of media distribution. The final form, an 8-page zine, includes a long essay exploring this history while speculating on its future.