Topos Graphics
Seth Labenz and Roy Rub
www.toposgraphics.com
dear@toposgraphics.com
Birthplace: Columbus, USA (SL)/Tel Aviv, Israel (RR)
Residence: New York, USA
Connecting cities: Columbus, USA/Tel Aviv, Israel/New York, USA
Topos Graphics has developed projects
for various clients and has contributed to
publications such as Metropolis Magazine,
New York Magazine, and the New York
Times, among others. It has also worked
for important publishing houses such
as Chronicle Books, Penguin USA, and
Rizzoli.
In 2008, Labenz and Rub were included
in Print magazine’s “20 under 30” – its
annual review of new visual artists.
TOPOS GRAPHICS IS THE STUDIO of Seth
Labenz and Roy Rub located in Brooklyn,
New York. It was founded in 2005 and
specializes in creating ideas for printing,
visual identity design, signage, packaging,
and typography. Regardless of the type
of client, its objective is to develop each
project from its conception to the end
product with the same focus and careful
attention to detail.
The name Topos Graphics has a special
meaning for this design duo. Someone
once asked them about their work
and when they replied that they were
“typographers” the interlocutor understood
that they were “topographers.” This
amused them and was actually not so far
from the truth since the idea of “place” is
a recurring theme in their work. In most
of their projects the notions of home,
place and geography are apparent and
suggested in many ways.
New York, USA
Tel Aviv, Israel (Rub)
Columbus, Ohio, USA (Labenz)
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Spam Design/E-mail attachment/SPAM® Modeling and photography/2008
Collective Memory/CD cover/Offset lithography/2007
Give/Holiday card/Screen print/2007
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Cadin+Karen/Wedding invitation/Screen print on Gampi Paper/2007
Silver Lining/Holiday card/Scratch-off-stamping, foil-stamping/2007
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