Ry Faraola
Ry Faraola is a graphic designer, typographer and artist based in London whose practice interrogates the relationship between design, power, and class consciousness. Working across typography, graphic design, publishing, and participatory objects, Faraola uses humor and irony as critical tools to expose the contradictions embedded in contemporary design culture.
With an MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art, a certificate in type design from Letterform Archive's Type West program, and dual bachelors degrees in Studio Art and Visual Cultures from University of California Santa Cruz, Faraola brings both theoretical depth and practical experience to projects that span commercial design, community organizing, museum commissions, and independent publishing.
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Mai Typeface
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Mai is a vernacular sans serif typeface inspired by the posters of the Atelier Populaire, the anonymous poster workshop that created a distinctive visual identity during the French uprisings of May 1968. Rebellious in spirit, Mai captures the raw energy of grassroots political movements—a typeface that listens to the Rolling Stones on vinyl and holds an optimistic belief in collective action. The project emerged from years of studying how printmaking and visual culture intersect with political organizing, from collaborative poster campaigns to academic research on visual tactics across different eras.
Drawing directly from original Atelier Populaire posters in the Letterform Archive collection, Mai translates the hand-drawn urgency of revolutionary graphics into a contemporary typeface family. Available in Medium, Ultrabold, and Light weights, Mai bridges historical political typography with modern design needs. As both homage and continuation, the typeface carries forward the legacy of collaborative printmaking that helped define one of history's most visually coherent mass movements, offering designers today a tool that embeds political history into contemporary visual communication.