Grotesk, AKA Kimou Meyer, is a Swiss-born graphic designer who burst onto the New York art scene in 1999. A decade later he would help start a creative art agency, Doubleday & Cartwright, and work with companies like Nike, Apple, EA Sports, ESPN, Red Bull, Mercedes Benz and others. Today, he takes his minimalist sensibility and wood sculpture aesthetic and applies it to Topps Baseball cards. Featured here is his Project 2020 card of Jackie Robinson. Per Zio at The Hundreds:
I think minimalist and efficiency is the Swiss way of communicating. You are surrounded by great design all the time, so I guess it’s a subconscious natural inspiration. It’s obviously a very strong inspiration for me. I always try to cut the BS and just keep the essential.
Go here to check the card out and order. A complete checklist of all the cards in the set can be found here. The reverse of the card is on the right. BTW, you can follow his twitter here: @groteskito; Instagram: @groteskito. His website is here: grotesknyc.com. Below is a current Jackie Robinson checklist of Topps Project 2020 cards with their corresponding artist and print runs:- #3 - Naturel -- (link here) -- 1,302 print run
- #31 - Sophia Chang -- (link here) -- 2,741 print run
- #42 - Blake Jamieson -- (link here) -- 2,980 print run
- #79 - Mister Cartoon -- (link here) -- 11,643 print run
- #98 - Joshua Vides -- (link here) -- 20,219 print run
- #114 - Efdot -- (link here) -- 14,067 print run
- #140 - Tyson Beck -- (link here) -- 6,068 print run
- #156 - Matt Taylor -- (link here) -- 4,046 print run
- #176 - Fucci -- (link here) -- 3,253 print run
- #194 - Oldmanalan -- (link here) -- 3,268 print run
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