Audio Reactive Type x Beatbox Installation
2025 TDC + ADC + One Club Holiday Party
To celebrate the 2025 Members Holiday Party for The One Club for Creativity, Type Directors Club (TDC), and Art Directors Club (ADC), we produced a one-of-a-kind live beatboxing performance paired with an audio-reactive typographic installation.
The performance featured SPIDERHORSE, the world-champion beatboxing duo of Chris Celiz and Gene Shinozaki, known for pushing the boundaries of vocal music through intricate rhythms, melody, and multi-instrumental sound. Over the past eight years, they have redefined what the human voice can do on stage.
Designed specifically for the event, the installation was a fully generative, audio-reactive system built in p5.js. All visuals were generated live—driven exclusively by the duo’s microphone inputs and rendered entirely through live variable fonts manipulated by code. No pre-made graphics were used; every form emerged in real time, making the installation as improvised and expressive as the performance itself.
All variable fonts were designed by WeType.co.
KUDOS Design Collaboratory
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John Kudos
Creative Director -
Kiki Katahira
Producer & Creative Director -
Lakeisha Sharonina
Creative Coder -
James Marquette, Caitlin Yackley
Graphic Designer
SPIDERHORSE
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Chris Celiz, Gene Shinozaki
Beatboxers
TDC62 Traveling Exhibition, Jakarta
Type Directors Club
Capabilities
Client
Awards
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HOW 2017 International Design Awards
The Type Directors Club in New York produced a traveling exhibition showcasing over 400 winners of its 2016 annual competition, which highlighted the best of the best in typographic work in both communication and typeface design from studios and individuals internationally. After visiting many cities in the U.S., France, Germany, Spain, China, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam, the exhibition traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, where it was on view from August 12 to September 7, 2017, at the Indonesian Design Development Center (IDDC). Design and typography lectures were held at this venue during the exhibit. In partnership with the IDDC and Asosiasi Design Grafis Indonesia (ADGI), Kudos was tasked with developing design graphics for the traveling exhibition.
We designed 3D graphics for the exhibition by revolving T-D-C letterforms in sequential angles and floating them in space. These graphics were then applied to all aspects of marketing communications. For the exhibit space, we collaborated with APTA to design spiraling poster panels to be suspended in space.
KUDOS Design Collaboratory
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John Kudos
Creative Director -
Andy kurniawan
Art Director -
Ilham Muhamad Firdaus
Designer -
Fahmi Maulana Fajar
Designer
Type Directors Club
