He’s got range: from designing typefaces to live visuals, Osvald Landmark has a lot going on

It’s hard to put designer Osvald Landmark’s work into a neat little box. Deftly juggling his role as a Senior Designer at New York-based design studio 2x4 and his personal practice, Landmark has built a body of work with an incredible range. From designing a typeface, crafting an ice sculpture installation, creating identities, to working on live visuals for plays and operas, he’s got a bit of everything going on. This thirst to “keep trying new things” is exactly what allows him to swiftly move from one project to the next, always letting his research-driven approach guide him along the way. To cut ourselves a slice of every pie he has his finger in, we had a conversation with the New York-based creative about the breadth of his projects from last year, the ones he’s got coming up, and why intuition steers the work he picks up as part of his personal practice. RB: Hi Osvald, you’ve been up to a lot lately! How has the year been going, so far? OL: 2023 was a prolific year – I feel very lucky to have had a bunch of talented and interesting collaborators reach out to me over the last year. Working with people in fields other than graphic design always brings me great joy and valuable insights. To keep working on fresh projects is something that’s very important to me and enables me to keep trying new things and continue to shape my practice instead of being stuck in old unfinished work. I’ve had a pleasant snoozy start to the year, but I’m starting to gear up for a new bunch of really exciting collaborations unfolding in 2024.