In the eternal quest to bring you full typografikal enlightenment in every moment and aspect of your life, we give you – the stair riser – the most utilitarian of blank canvases…
As ever, the creatives out there have already realised the potential of this surface we see every day, be it in the home with a well-loved saying…
In a public space like the LA Central Library pictured below…
In a retail space….can’t trace where these stairs are,..anyone know? But each riser has a line from The Doors ‘Hello I Love You’. Maybe a record shop…
If you’re more of a numbers person and like that industrial look…
Or you prefer something a bit more frivolous from Gallagher Designs of Portland…
More the sophisticated and clever type?… ‘Dont expect’ on the risers as you go up. ‘People to change’ on the tread as you go down. Design by Sagmeister and Walsh
Or the straight from the heart with a rustic twist? This is a quote from Tasso and says ‘Lost is all the time that you do not spend in love’.
The humble stair riser is obviously a vastly overlooked area of potential…
So we at typografika want to see more stair risers living up to their full creative potential. Do you have typografikally enlightened steps in your area? Or maybe you’ve given your staircase that full creative treatment. Is it time to jetison the tufted wilton and spurn the coir runner? Let us know if you’ve gone that step too far!
We’re at;
www.typografika.co.uk
info@typografika.co.uk