#designwork

[thesilicontribesman]

Loch Kinord Ancient Pictish Cross Slab, Loch Kinord, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

[okmchi1]

Richarlyson! 2/11

part 2 of designing dragonlings

[modofpitchpatch]

A very fun design commission I made for @pathfindersmodblog of an elderly Chiuahua Diamond dog and her two bodyguards!

[iiinsendo]

✎_ ⓪①⑤ ∕ ⓪②① 𝝦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝙩 Typeface Used - Neutral Face - 二〇二二年六月八日 回家之後我們試著仿造在醫院的照顧模式， 很多事情要自己來，其中一樣是分藥， 在醫院護士會按時把每餐要吃的藥送來， 這時候才發現爸爸到底吃了多少藥， 第一次分完一週份的藥花了一個多小時， 因此認識了不少藥名， 漸漸的不用看藥袋描述就能把藥分好， 如果我不是設計師可能會是一名藥劑師。 - - ［陪病日記］ 將過去一年陪病的心路歷程視覺化成一系列的海報。 - 8th.June.2022 We tried to rebuild the same workflow as we learned from the hospital. Many things should be done by ourselves at home such as medicine sorting. The nurse would do the job for patients in the hospital. The first time took me over an hour to sort out my Dad’s medication for one week, where I got to know so many drugs’ names and realized how much medicine Dad needed to take. Gradually, I could finish sorting without checking their description. If I were not a Graphic Designer, I might be a Pharmacist. - [тнᴇ Ꭶ𝒾ϾƘ Ḏ𝕀ᗋ℞Ⴘ] is a series of poster design inspired by my father’s illness.- - - -

[jigopatchouli]

i love making character designs!

[thetyposters]

✨ 2022 In a Nutshell ✨ - Another year has gone by and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who is part of the Typosters community, for contributing with amazing design and helping us realise exciting projects. - Passion for design and typography drive us to continue sharing unfiltered creative design work from all over the world, giving a platform to new talent and celebrating well established creatives. - A really sincere thank you to all the designers and studios who still create and continue to inspire us in these strange times. - Some of your favorite posters from 2021 by: 1. @hk_of_ehhk for @nolimits_in_seoul 2. @meyergrafik for @fri_son 3. @lorengarciort @studiomarkbohle for @elisavabcn 4. @jonasbaun for @playtype 5. @nachoakanacho for @golda.es 6. @visual.visual.lab for @d_and_ad 7. @bbareunson for @tiafjeju_artfair 8. @franztilman @fantaniel for @klassefuerideen 9. @braulioamado for @goodroombk - - - - - #typosters #typographicposter #typographic #typeposters #typeinspire #posters #printisnotdead #goodtype #creativedesign #typography #graphicdesign #designwork #designspiration #inspiration #plakat #posterdesign #kinetictypography #typeinmotion #endofyear https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm3xCYDLnZw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ppurmoi]

I tried to design some typographic work...how do you like it?

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[yasminmwong]

Book Brief - Concept 1: The Breaking Ice

Inspiration:

When initially preparing for this brief, I remember an image coming up on my timeline. A crack in an ice sheet was shown, with the heading ‘Iceberg the size of Bedfordshire breaks off the Antarctic’. It was quite impactful a thought, that even while reading this book and doing this project, the effects of climate change were very real, very present, and very unavoidable.

In the book, Wallace-Wells references ‘dreamtime’ which is the ‘experience of encountering, in the present moment, an out-of-time past’. He goes on to liken this to watching footage of an iceberg collapsing, ‘a feeling of history happening all at once’. He also discusses the ‘climate’s kaleidoscope’, and the idea that we as humans can ‘be mesmerized by the threat directly in front of us without ever perceiving it clearly.

Therefore, I wanted to use imagery that represented this phenomenon. This idea that such a grand and frightening event is happening in-front of our eyes. That we are seeing the world breaking day by day. Visually, I wanted to use photography that linked to that original image of the iceberg and had the type closely interacting. I wanted there to be a sense that the typography elements would be part of the image, rather than layered on top.

I was inspired by book covers such as the ones below. I really enjoyed that although the photography itself is bold, the typography clearly compliments it, rather than distracting from it, or acting as an afterthought.

Experiments:

To link back to the iceberg I had two trains of thought. One was the destruction, the breaking apart, and ‘cracking’ of our climate, and the other was the heat, ever rising that caused these events to happen.

Initially I looked at how I could work with fire and burning - not only because this linked to the heating of the earth also the patterns created from the flames actually created a crack-like appearance. Layering each of the burnt pieces on top of one another created some depth which I enjoyed.

Although I was a fan of the visual, I wasn’t sure if it conveyed what I wanted it to. I did however like the space I had created with the empty parts of the cover - and decided that was a feature I wanted to keep.

I also tried creating my own iceberg crack from polystyrene. I experimented with how this would work with some text as well, trying text directly on the image and superimposed on top using digital methods. I think the thickness of the polystyrene helped bring a depth to the image. I was happy with this as the backdrop to the cover. 

When playing with type interactions, I wanted to the crack in the polystyrene to manipulate the types orientations. I think the type being straight worked in some aspects but it felt more fitting to the image when the words were slanted to an extent. 

Reflection:

The final piece I ended up using something directly from making. I thought that it well reflected my concept, and was a clear link to the book. I liked that the imagery was bold, but it was abstract enough to let the viewer come to their own conclusions about what the crack was representing. Some may see the physical, reality of the cracking ice, some may see the breaking of our world as we know it. It may have been improved by being wrapped around the whole spine and incorporating the imagery with the type of the back as well. This might have allowed for the copy on the back to also play with the imagery, and there could be some empty space filled with a visual.

The title typeface was cutout text - with a font style based on sans-serif ‘Intro Condensed’ font. The type is bold against the white of the background, a nice contrast that makes it stand out. The placement of the type was important to me, and I felt I was able to achieve what I wanted. The letters are orientated with the crack on the cover, and are hanging over parts of the broken 'ice'. This represents the Earth being on the edge, being on the brink of falling. The supplementary copy uses the much softer, but still clear, sans-serif ‘HK Grotesk’ font.

As a cover itself, I feel that it is a bold statement on the cover. It links to the book as it represents a warning, a very black and white 'this is happening, here it is'.