Julie Gerstein
Articles by Julie Gerstein:
HOUSE INDUSTRIES
It’s nearly impossible-and rather pointless-to list the hundreds and thousands of companies and products emblazoned with House Industries’ typeface designs. Over the past 13 years, the Delawarebased design company, headed up by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat, has landed typefaces on everything from cereal boxes and magazine covers to airport tarmacs
WONDERWALL
Horrid pastel borders, flocked fruit kitchen walls, and tacky paisley-wallpapered bathrooms—interior design staples in many a suburban household—certainly no longer constitute an appealing look for design-savvy homeowners. “People burned out on wallpaper. It became grandmotherly,” says John Sherman regarding the relative dearth of wallpaper design since the ‘80s.