St. Catherine's Wheel identity
St. Catherine’s Wheel is a ceramics studio in Richmond. The studio’s namesake is the patron saint of wheel‑throwing potters. The identity for St. Catherine’s Wheel is a contemporary interpretation of the stacked vertical typography found on eastern orthodox icons. The mark is a reference to the pinwheel, a traditional symbol of St. Catherine.
The poster system for St. Catherine’s Wheel uses stacked vertical typography, inspired by type found on eastern orthodox icons.
An investigation into eastern orthodox iconography and typography yielded a design vocabulary for St. Catherine's Wheel, documented in this short video.