I’m a big fan of House Industries, not just as designers and fellow pop-culture enthusiasts, but also as a bunch of really good-natured, fun, talented guys. It pains me regularly that they release all these zesty, beautifully crafted typefaces that I rarely get a chance to use. Luckily, they also make the best schwag in the business, effectively building something of a lifestyle brand based around their typefaces. This Fast Company article about them is a nice little profile, in case you don’t know much about who they are. (And shame on you if you don’t.)
This portrait style looks very familiar. It reminds me of some hardcore band (don’t ask me which!) CD cover featuring a very stylized painting of Fisher Price happy family figurines “posing” as members of a very disfunctional family. Brillant!
Could it have been done by them?