Archive for the ‘Typography’ Category
2009 What Where When
In 2008 and 2009 I designed the covers and inside pages of the What Where When, the event calendar that is handed out to participants at Black Rock City. I redesigned the layout of events on the interior pages for increased readability and added icons for categories. With the new icons, participants could see at a glance which events were gatherings, parades, workshops, adult-orientated or kid-friendly.
Bird and Bear Paintings
The characters in my paintings speak to each other. They have conversations with each other, or with the viewer. What entrances me is random, amusing snippets of conversations that I have either overheard or have used in conversation. Sometimes it’s a text message, or tweet.
Typographic Calendars
During 2007 FontShop showcased new type family releases in monthly calendars. I designed the calendars for June, September and November of that year. For each calendar, the purpose was to show the range of the typeface being showcased and the unique glyphs and letterforms inherent within that typeface.
And if we Shadows
I designed promotional materials for the show ‘And if we Shadows’. This consisted of a poster and postcard. The print materials required a visual language unique enough to describe the show’s content at a glance, and entice possible attendees to buy tickets. The use of performance photos from previous, similar events layered with urban illustrations and a dark sunburst pattern evokes both the urban grittiness and saucy burlesque atmosphere. Continue reading …
Newsletter Type Specimens
FontShop publishes email newsletters on a bi-monthly basis. Each newsletter featured either new releases, previous type face releases now available in OpenType, FontShop website updates and other related information. I was responsible for designing the type specimens and headers for each newsletter, then coding HTML and email versions for the 90,000+ member mailing list.
The challenge was to concisely convey the versatility and appeal of the typefaces in a three or four-line specimen. Display fonts were allowed one or two lines.
The Book of No
One of my favorite typographic assignments from design school, this was from our Mysterious Signs project. Our task was to create a set of six signs, install them somewhere temporarily, photograph them and then create a book illustrated by them. It was up to us to create either a book that explained or further compounded the mystery.
Mustn’t Grumble
A logo for one of my grad year projects. Mustn’t Grumble was a line of knitted accessories that used intarsia (a technique using multiple strands of colored yarn) to render enlarged, pixelated typefaces. I used typefaces specifically designed for flash animation.
London Wordmark
The challenge for this student project was to create a wordmark that captured the essence of a city. London is a city of movement, with lives intersecting and dispersing. People from all over the world move through the city, either for a few days, a few years, or for a lifetime. The angular serifs and intersecting lines of the London wordmark reflect the movement of people through the city.
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