JUNE 2008
Erich collaborates with Company design practice to create Blueberry Shirts for the Fennofolk exhibition at the Helsinki Design Museum. The installation kicks off with an opening-night performance (as designer-chefs).
MAY 2008
Erich’s article on a unique Finnish wedding is in the current issue of Metropolis.
APRIL 2008
The fifth annual Milari furniture exhibition opens in Helsinki; three of Erich’s chair designs are on display in the show.
MARCH 2008
Erich has a few pieces in the current issue of Metropolis: an article on Finnish design firm Company (p. 82), an illustrated map of Michigan (p. 182), and [bonus!] a contributor’s bio (p. 24). Plus, Erich’s interview with Irma Boom is published on Metropolis’ website, and plugged on Design Observer.
FEBRUARY 2008
Erich designs identity and website for Finnish architecture firm AOA.
JANUARY 2008
Erich arrives in Helsinki, Finland, and sets up shop at Anteeksi, in the Kallio district of the city. Not seeing much daylight this time of year, which makes for excellent working conditions.
DECEMBER 2007
Erich works with Scott & Nix to design the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now available through Amazon!
NOVEMBER 2007
Erich hosts an Election Day design workshop for students at Parsons The New School for Design.
OCTOBER 2007
Erich creates a new business identity for design-journalist Andrew Blum, then takes off for two quiet weeks writing on Fishers Island.
SEPTEMBER 2007
Erich Nagler is nominated for Print Magazine’s 2008 New Visual Artists.
AUGUST 2007
Erich steps down as Assistant Art Director of Metropolis Magazine.
JUNE 2008
Company commissions Erich to write, design, and produce a book on their work, for a solo exhibition at the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute in Oslo, Norway. (Pictured is the publishing assembly-line, leading up to the opening.)
MAY 2008
Erich pitches in with editing help to pull together the sixth issue of Gasmask. Copies available through Napa Gallery.
APRIL 2008
Erich returns to Helsinki after two lovely weeks in Budapest.
APRIL 2008
Erich designs Matthew Brookshire’s new album, ‘Best Friend.’ Check it out on iTunes!
MAY 2008
The sixth issue of Red Line Blues is out there!
FEBRUARY 2008
Erich treks above the Arctic Circle to Lapland (on the Aurora Borealis Express), to get a taste of the life and landscape of northern Finland. Four frigid days buried in snow, and a side trip to Sweden.
DECEMBER 2007
Red Line Blues 5 is printed and out in the world!
OCTOBER 2007
Erich’s article on photographer Gail Albert Halaban is in the current issue of Metropolis (with cover design by Milton Glaser!).
SEPTEMBER 2007
Erich drives cross-country from Brooklyn, New York, to Portland, Oregon—the great American road trip (just as gas prices are skyrocketing).
JULY 2008
Erich returns to New York City after six incredible months with the Anteeksi design collective in Helsinki, Finland, just in time for the 4th of July. (Back in the U.S.A.!)
APRIL 2008
Erich edits ‘Company Cookbook,’ published for Aamu Song and Johan Olin’s exhibit at the Milan Furniture Fair.
JULY 2008
Erich’s interior-design work (and Erich himself) are featured in Todd Oldham’s new book, Camp Nest, part of the Place Space series. Check it out on Amazon!
AUGUST 2008
Erich takes a job designing children’s books for HarperCollins Publishers.
SEPTEMBER 2008
Erich’s illustration addressing the media’s vetting blitz on Sarah Palin, makes it onto the Op/Ed page of the New York Times.
SEPTEMBER 2008
Erich has an illustration in the current (September 2008) issue of Metropolis, diagramming the green roof of Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences.
OCTOBER 2008
Erich designs a poster for the New School Graduate Department of Anthropology’s 2008–09 lecture series. Lectures are free and open to the public—check ’em out!
DECEMBER 2008
Erich’s cover designs for Metropolis are featured in Print Magazine’s 2008 Design Annual—twice! Take a look at pages 60 and 108 in the current (December 2008) issue.
JANUARY 2009
Erich spends a dreamy couple weeks writing, editing, and re-energizing, in Paris.
MARCH 2009
Erich designs a graphic identity for the New Media Advocacy Project, a tech-savvy legal rights nonprofit, to be launched soon!
APRIL 2009
Erich leads a series of bookmaking workshops for the “2D Storyforms and Narrative” course at Parsons The New School for Design.