Translating urban poetics
A graphic design and multimedia exploration of subjective meanings of place.
Week 1 – Brief Intro & Type Anatomy
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory – Dr. Seuss Silo Park For the past 3 years whilst I have been living in Auckland, Silo Park has become a significant place to me as it is somewhere within walking distance to my home. Silo Park has becomeContinue reading “Week 1 – Brief Intro & Type Anatomy”
Week 2 – Placemaking & Type Skeleton
Typeface Skeleton The classes focus this week was on the skeleton of typeface. We were asked to strip a typeface down to its most raw and basic form, leaving only a basic skeleton of type. In the picture above is my hand drawn and ruled skeletal type. By removing all the typeface decorations we wereContinue reading “Week 2 – Placemaking & Type Skeleton”
Week 3 – Poetic Voice & Type Selection
Type Exploration This week we started exploring our own type decoration by expanding on the skeletons we developed in the previous week. I experimented with using different stroke profiles, brushes and even effects like Gaussian blur and roughening. Concrete Poem This is a concrete poem I have created. My original concept was to have theContinue reading “Week 3 – Poetic Voice & Type Selection”
Week 4 – Collage & Conceptual Type
Photographic Moodboard I have put together a photographic moodboard of the photos I have taken so far. Location Typography To start off my typography research in regards to my place, I have taken some photos of the typefaces that can be found at Silo Park. I found myself finding more construction signs than anything, whichContinue reading “Week 4 – Collage & Conceptual Type”
Week 5 – After Rahul
Icon Design Above are a couple of icons I designed for my Google Map location, I took two different approaches to these designs. The one on the left symbolises the innosense of the children who play in the park, filled with hopes and dreams. The second symbolises quite the opposite as we grow up weContinue reading “Week 5 – After Rahul”
Week 6 – Media & Type Studies I
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Week 7 – Media & Type Studies II
Cinemagraph Research Cinemagraph Exploration #1 Typography Artist Model https://www.behance.net/user/?username=tomaszbiernat #2 Typography Artist Model https://www.behance.net/ninagregier #1 Illustration Artist Model http://stevenharrington.com/ #2 Illustration Artist Model http://www.tanamachistudio.com/ Typeface Development Digitalising Illustrations Digitalising Typeface / First Attempt
Week 8 –
Updated Typeface Typeface Words Typeface Specimen Layouts Publication Layout Sketches Poster Research https://www.homsweethom.com/ Poster Layout Sketches Abstract Illustration Research https://joshuadavis.com/ Publication Grid Layouts Colour Schemes
Week 9 –
Poster Exploration Typeface Critique Publication Research https://hi.stamen.com/the-shapes-of-emotions-72c3851143e2 https://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/programs/gep/grumpy/grumpy-texture.html Illustration Development Publication Research & Development
Week 10/11/12 – Refinements
Final Grid Layout Illustration Experiments Abstract Illustrations Poster Concept 1 Poster Layouts/ Experiments Location Illustration Experiments Updated Illustrations Type Specimen Final Cinemagraph Poem Podcast Margot Vincent ยท Communication Design – Poem Podcast Poem Video Final Poster Final Publication
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