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Typography “Word as Image” by Ji Lee. h/t Fubiz

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Type as image lecture

Here are my notes from the lecture: 

noun: Typography - style and appearance of printed matter, and the art of arranging type. 

noun: Lettering - the act, art, or technique of inscribing letters on to something. 

Herb Lubalin - is an American graphic designer, 50s / 60s, avant garde, logo design magazine, playful type, best known for his stark, bold layout, word pictures or conceptual typography. 

Craig Ward - is an British born designer, words are pictures, uses materials to add another layer of meaning to his typographic creations e.g. bacteria on the letters.

Alison Carmicheal - is an London based artist known for hand - crafted typography, fancy type, cadburys advert, using cream and chocolate to write with. 

Ji Lee - video on moving type, I really like this artist because it was entertaining. Has a book called ‘words as image’. 

Paula Scher - I have researched this artist before and I really like her work. There is a show about her on Netflix and she talks about her company and her work. 

Sarah Hyndman - talks, books ‘Fonts form a kind of language of their own, and we are all unconsciously fluent in it’. Hyndman uses the psychology of type and how typefaces affect us subconsciously. 

What did I learn from this lecture? 

I have learnt the meaning of typography and lettering. 

Understood that typography can have a powerful impact on the viewer and can become an image. 

How artist use different mediums and even science to create typography. 

I liked this lecture because I am interested in typography and it made me think how I can use typography in a different way. The most interesting thing in the lecture was the work of Craig Ward. 

I haven’t seen anything like this before and I like how the artist has used science and art together. This is really smart! 

Second half of the lecture

The second half of the lecture  was hard to follow and there was a lot of new terminology that I didn’t understand. BUT, what I did gather from the talk was that sometimes text is needed along with a image so that the viewer can understand what is going on. 

[gettingready2read]

Let's Read Animal Words by Ji Lee

Publisher's Summary: Meet four-legged, two-finned, and webbed-toe friends in this word-as-image introduction to the animal world, chock-full of interesting facts. In what looks like a simple image, there lies a fully formed word (and vice versa) for kids to read! As they giggle and make their best guess, tiny readers will discover new favorite creatures in this delightful interaction between image, shape, and letters.

This book helps build:

Vocabulary and Background knowledge: Children who already know the animal will find it easier to “read” the word-image and understand new facts.

Letter Knowledge: readers can pick out the letters they know from the images.

This book helps kids practice:

Reading: Readers can more easily sound out the letters when they already know the word they are reading.

Writing: Drawing animal pictures builds finger dexterity which helps with writing.

Talking: Ask questions about the animals listed and discuss the facts.

Extend the book by:

Making art out of words, just like the illustrations.

Compare the different ways the same letter can be drawn.

Name a letter and see if they can find it within the illustration.

Try to find letter shapes in everyday objects.

Check out Let's Read Animal Words

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L’orologio non convenzionale: The Redundant Watch https://www.design-miss.com/lorologio-non-convenzionale-the-redundant-watch/ Nato in corea e cresciuto in Brasile, Ji Lee vanta numerosissimi riconoscimenti, tra cui l’essere annoverato tra i 50 designer più importanti d’America. I suoi lavori sono apparsi su riviste […]

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