4.25 × 11 in.
Annual mailer.
Bad Language is an exploration of language and how we utilize it. It is also an archive, small‐run press, and design practice.
There are always small explorations in progress and collaborations waiting to happen.
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Created by Rachel Mendelsohn.
__Sporadically
- Sharing @bad_lang
- Curating sounds weekly via a playlist drop
__Project Archive
We're So Back/Over, 2025
4.25 × 11 in.
Annual mailer.
BL Volume VIII: Practicing Joy by Amar Lal, 2024
9 × 12 in.
Printed publication of collected compositions (mixed media).
Ain't Buyin' It, 2023-24
Annual Mailer
8.5 × 11 in.
Printed composition.
BL Volume VII: 2023 by Andy Ollove, 2023
Collected Essays
5 × 7 in.
Printed publication.
Mutuality, 2022-23
Annual Mailer
8.5 × 11 in.
Printed composition.
BL Volume V: Chisme, 2020-2022
Visual Archive
4.25 × 11 in.
Printed publication.
BL Volume IV: Maps: Brasil, 2021
Zine + Playlist
5.5 × 5.5 in.
Printed publication and digital playlist. In collaboration with Sam Blum, John Maher, Bianca Clendenin, and Eric Vilas-Boas.
Tenderness, 2021-22
Annual Mailer
8.5 × 11 in.
Digital illustration.
Imagining Podcasts Conversation, 2021
Interview/Episode
Podcast by Beryl Bevilacque and Andy Ollove here.
BL Volume III: Talking Trash, Archived 2021
Video Library
16:9 / Digital
The Yell, 2020-21
Annual Mailer
8.5 × 11 in.
Typographic collage. Photo by receipient, Troy Kreiner
BL Volume II, 2020
8.5 × 11 in.
Print edition of 100
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Artists in order of appearance: Troy Kreiner, Grace Han, Kyle Richardson, Ryan Scails, Alex Tatusian, Jess Kuronen, Michael Bucher, Davon Howard, Simon Meltesen, Claudia Gerbracht, Party of One Studio, Leandra Solovay, Linni Kral, Taylor Woods, Kris Feliciano, Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, Semantha Raquel Norris, Andy Ollove, Jason Wong, Dwayne Read, Simon Sepulveda, Clemens Poole, Valleriia Buradzhyieva, and Olive Panter.
Sans Seder, an informal presentation, 2020
Click to watch
Presentation Series 07:
Rachel Mendelsohn explored examples of Bad Language in a post-Passover tribute. The Presentation lasted approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
10 Rules, 2019
Annual Mailer
8.5 × 11 in.
Corita Kent's original 10 Rules as New Year's inspiration.
BL Volume I: 20/20, 2019
5.5 × 8.5 in.
Print edition of 100
Designed, written, and compiled by Rachel Mendelsohn.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T., 2018
Annual Mailer
8.5 × 11 in.
Collage reproduction.
The Spill Poster, 2014
24 × 36 in.
Limited-edition poster prose. Printed at Linco in NYC.
Sassy Screen Shots Zine, 2013
4.25 in. × 5.5 in.
Collected internet sass.
