“Julien Priez was born in Montreuil, France, in 1986. As a child
he dreamt of becoming an illustrator, toy designer, or math
teacher, but he ended up studying graphic and type design at the
Lycée Eugénie Cotton in Montreuil and later at the École Estienne
in Paris, where he fell in love with calligraphy. In 2015 he joined
the High on Type collective. The following year, the Morisawa Type
Design Competition awarded Priez and Michel Derre its Bronze Prize
in the Latin category for their Abelha script typeface. With the
transdisciplinary design studio WeShouldDoItAll (WSDIA), in 2019 he
painted fourteen murals More…
“Julien Priez was born in Montreuil, France, in 1986. As a child he dreamt of becoming an illustrator, toy designer, or math teacher, but he ended up studying graphic and type design at the Lycée Eugénie Cotton in Montreuil and later at the École Estienne in Paris, where he fell in love with calligraphy. In 2015 he joined the High on Type collective. The following year, the Morisawa Type Design Competition awarded Priez and Michel Derre its Bronze Prize in the Latin category for their Abelha script typeface. With the transdisciplinary design studio WeShouldDoItAll (WSDIA), in 2019 he painted fourteen murals at Nike’s World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. In 2020, he and Yoann Minet created Boogy Brut, published by Bureau Brut. Priez designed Peugeot’s new custom typeface with Mathieu Réguer and Emmanuel Benoist in 2021. In 2023, the Centre du graphisme in Échirolles, France, mounted Priez’s solo exhibition The Boogy Show. In 2024, he joined Commercial Type for a new adventure.” —Commercial Type
