Zach Horst / ACCEPTANCE / May 26
• – • Common Desk - POST HTX
About the speaker
Zach was born in San Antonio, TX, grew up in the suburbs of Houston, and spent 10 years living in Austin after graduating from the Art Institute of Austin in 2012. Now Zach, their husband Taylor, and their two cats are are freshly relocated to the Montrose neighborhood in Houston, TX.
A love of color, energy and weird letterforms defines their work, with inspiration drawn from sources as varied as vintage Japanese matchbox illustrations, neon signs in Rome, loaves of bread, typewriter eraser packaging, and 90s sticker sheets. Favorite projects involve solving problems in new and creative ways, pushing traditional production techniques, and spending way too much time finessing typographic hierarchy.
Zach has had jobs spanning from hand-lettering chalkboards for Whole Foods Market, to designing environmental graphics around the country with Waterboy Graphics, to opening a hotel and 14 restaurants over the course of three and a half years while working as Art Director for the ever-growing MML Hospitality group in Austin.
Local partners
Video By Robot is a group of technology obsessed filmmakers capturing stories from around the world. From event videography to corporate videos, we like to put a creative twist on visual storytelling.
Drake Studio is a photography studio in Houston, TX that’s all about clicking with the people, not with the camera.
Greenway Coffee Company. Established 2009. Houston, TX. Focused on sourcing quality relationships and coffee throughout the supply chain, from Producer to Barista.
Hailing from a city steeped in house culture, Detroit’s DJ PHONK is recognized as one of the hottest names when it comes to blending all styles of music into one set. His selection of heavy hitting club anthems, paired with edits and remixes of classic throwbacks, keeps the crowd on their toes, waiting for the next drop. DJ PHONK started to DJ in 2012. Since then, he has played in various clubs and events all over the United States.
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