Calligraphy

Suspiria Movie Menus

I worked with the team at Karla Otto to add whimsical lettering to these menus, used at a dinner celebrating the latest movie from Luca Guagdagnino, Suspiria.

The super eerie flick features a funky typographic logo with wonky letters of uneven sizes, thicknesses and colors. I used a flat, round-tipped nib to create monoline capital letters (mixed in with a few lowercase ones for variety), arranged unevenly for a look to match.

The effect is a whimsical but elegant headline on each menu that doesn’t compete with the Suspiria logo, but draws from its spirit.

Check out the write up about the dinner in Vogue!

Client: Karla Otto for Amazon Studios / Suspiria

Art Direction: Karla Otto

Menu, escort card and place card