Hey, I'm Phil Renaud. I'm a Canadian designer living in Phoenix, Arizona. I design interfaces at Rhino Internet.
I'm a dual citizen, born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, which is basically Canadian Detroit. I can carry a conversation in French and I think that poutine is a dish whose absence in American cuisine is regretted daily.
I've got a knack for retro gaming - the NES is my nostalgia machine. I carry library cards from three states. I've been trying to finish David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest for a cool six months now.
I enjoy baseball and football and still think of Detroit as the home-team. I think Tom Waits got better with age and Dylan got a (little) bit worse, but that's all sort of up for discussion.
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New York Times
Down With Helvetica: Design Your Own Font, by Peter Wayner
I was interviewed and quoted in this article regarding irregular typefaces and their unintended social impact.
Exploring Language (11th ed.)
Gary Goshgarian; Pearson Longman Press
My essay titled "The Secret Lives of Fonts" was included under "Exploring the Language of Visuals", pp. 174