This summer, flocks of colorful frigatebirds, spoonbills, and Red Knots will be flying all over the United States—in the form of a new series of postcard stamps, “Coastal Birds,” illustrated by minimalist designer Tyler Lang. Lang says he’s loved seabirds since college, when he worked at a shorebird sanctuary. By reducing the birds to their most essential shapes and lines, he says he hopes to highlight their simple beauty: “You want to see how many things you can take away, without losing the personality and importance of what that thing is.” By doing so, Lang hopes, he can get his viewers invested in the birds’ futures. Lang and his wife, Elsa, have designed logos for Nike and the New York Times, but stamps were a new frontier. He was surprised but thrilled to be contacted by USPS. “It’s a pretty crazy thing to get an e-mail for,” he says, laughing. “They saw the work that we had done for 蜜柚APP magazine, and a few other nature-centric illustrations...