"Being overconfident can do more hard than good— (especially) if you think that everything is going to be easy for you and you deserve everything right off the bat... people get into a lot of trouble and their growth gets stifled a little bit if they're not open to just toiling away in the dark for quite some time...”

In this episode, I met up with Penguin Books, Mucca Design, and Fili Ltd. alum http://nickmisani.com (Nick Misani). Nick has been honing his typographic skills by designing decorative book covers and digging into the history books to learn more from historical references—this has led him to the successful side project called Fauxsacis.

Our conversation went a bit long, but it was the first time meeting Nick. Not only did I want to hear more about the process of beginning a project like Fauxsaicas, but also I what he learn from working with Louise Fili. Even though Nick was getting over a cold, he shared some wisdom on why the limitations of his fake mosaics are rooted in tradition, why he decided to start this as an Instagram project, and what he has in store for the future. Look out USA, he's bringing workshops to a city near you :)

Thanks again Nick for a great interview! Sorry my procrastination delayed the release of your episode and say hi to Cooper. (his dog)

Fauxsaics is a series of travel-inspired, typographic mosaic illustrations—which has since been featured on a variety of design sites and blogs including the http://fauxsaics.com/press (ADC/The One Club blog. DesignTAXI, Abduzeedo, and Designboom) and now on WIP :)

Links / Mentions


http://www.louisefili.com/ (Louise Fili Ltd.)

http://mucca.com/ (Mucca Design)

http://www.hypocritedesign.com/interview-with-nicholas-misani/ (Penguin Books)

http://www.typism.com.au/meet-the-speakers-nick-misani/ (Typism)

http://www.louisefili.com/mosaicposter/ (SVA mosaic poster)


Tools & Technology


https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/ (Apple iPad Pro)

https://www.apple.com/apple-pencil/ (Apple Pencil)

https://astropad.com/ (Astro Pad)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic (Mosaic Terminology)


Opus musivum: Vermiculatum extends throughout the entire background.

Opus classicum: When vermiculatum is combined with tessellatum or regulatum.

Opus circumactum: Tesserae are laid in overlapping semicircles or fan shapes.


Where else to find Nick:


or http://www.nickmisani.com/ (Personal Website)

on https://www.instagram.com/nickmisani (Instagram)

on https://facebook.com/nickmisani (Facebook)



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