Jake Brussel Faria

E: jake (at) arcades.studio

Type, web and graphics for all occasions. New York, he/him. I'm currently working at Alright Studio and occasionally practice independently as Arcades. Portfolio on request (though you can find some recent work on the Arcades Instagram).

Screenshot of a grotesk typeface in progress, sample type reads — HBO Hot Bog Office

91 Rules embroidered in black on white ribbed cotton. Poking out from the bottom left, the orange and metal of an external hard drive.

A grid of light blue constellations on a green field, rendered in a simple style, dashed lines connecting squares. Bellow the caption — in constellation.

A flier viewed on a mid 2000s flip phone. On the flier “Paint” appears in sketchy lettering on top of long running text (partially obscured). More readable is the info set below:

Close up of a brown and gold poster design. It's too zoomed in to be truly legible, but it's possible to make out some words like 'Spine' 'Art' and '8pm' behind other, foregrounded letterforms.

Male bighorn sheep seen along the Wilcox Pass hiking trail in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Sourced from Wikimedia commons.

Pages 25 & 26 from a book. The chapter header reads 'Day Three' with a subheader, 'You’re becoming dirt'.

The word

A pixely, distorted image composite. Within, the shape of a person though heavily distorted. The overall impression is of a desert or other red natural landscape.

Photo of a computer screen viewing the word Arc in a heavy italic typeface.

A blurry photography of a stray cat by an empty lot. She’s a sweetie (and well taken care of).

A recruitment flier for Crown Heights Mutual Aid

The letter g with a face drawn on it.

A pixely, distorted image composite. you can vaguely make out a grid in the background and the warped shape of some rectangles, seemingly on a wall.

Photo of an image open in Mac preview on a screen (other windows poke out behind). The image is a mockup of a CD jewel case, the graphic, made to look like a title card from Evangellion, reads

A desk with a laptop and keyboard center. Other items are placed around the desk - a mug, a Nintendo switch, some books, a wallet...

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