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Riley Hooker

Riley Hooker is a graphic designer based in New York and is the editor and designer of Façadomy.

7 Genders, 7 Typographies: Hacking the Binary

“… gender must be understood as an expressive format that evolves with the needs of its user. As a species, we continue to move beyond the constraints of the body. So, too, must the constructs of gender and the vocabulary we use to describe them.” In this collection of exploratory texts, designer and publisher Riley Hooker invites seven graphic designers to imagine seven typefaces that in some way evoke the seven gender classifications, as described by Esben Esther P. Benestad.