Works in Progress

These are some of my current works in progress. I've been for the most part sticking with trying to create a flow in the pattern. I think I like the bottom left one the best and will continue to iterate on that.

sameness / alex fuller + gabe usadel

These page spread from the book, "sameness," are visually interesting example of form and line with limited shapes and colors. Alex fuller also has another book, "Levels and degrees of light," that you may also enjoy while working on this current project. View the links to see more images.
http://billfick.com/
http://alexfuller.com/

a logo you might recognize! (from walnut street)

Although this might not be the coolest logo in the world it still reminded me of this class and sending a message with just letter forms. Although we are not allowed to use representative elements in our compositions (like the R's legs here) I still think that this designer chose a good font to represent speed. For example I think the serifs on the top left of the P and the R are perfect. My word was velocity for the last project so this logo really stood out to me.

the work of Evelin Kasikov

If you aren't familiar with the work of UK artist, Evelin Kasikov, it may inspire you since she works with type, pattern and tactile materials. To see more view her website, by clicking here

Olly Moss

Olly Moss is possibly my favorite graphic designer working today. My admiration for his witty, often tongue-in-cheek work is one of the reasons I became interested in graphic design. I don't remember exactly when I first came across his illustrations and designs but they were so accessible and really "clicked" with my own personal sensibility. Since that time I've found myself Googling his name from time to time to see what he is producing at the moment.

A great deal of what Moss does are witty riffs on popular culture, as can be seen in the series of posters called "Films in Black and Red" in which he reimagines movie posters from classic or much-viewed films using only black, red, and white, or his "mash-ups" of favorite video games with classic Penguin paperback book covers in the series "Video Game Classics". He employs an uncomplicated style which relies heavily on grouping to let his natural wit shine through.

I know his popularity has been rising in the last few years and it is likely that all of us in the class are familiar with at least some of his work, whether we knew it at the time we encountered it or not. Perhaps the most surprising place I saw it was in a street market in Manila this past holiday break, where, among the locally-made goods and foodstuffs, was a Filipino man conversing with passers-by wearing a T-shirt with Moss's "Now Panic and Freak Out" parody design loudly and stylishly proclaimed in Gill Sans.

See a nice representative collection of Olly Moss's work on his personal website.

And his recent take on posters for the original Star Wars trilogy here.

Infographic

http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/zeo-Sleep-Infographic-FFunction.jpg

I saw the above infographic about sleep last night and think it displays a lot of the concepts we are exploring in designing with type. The use of different typefaces, scale, hierarchy, and organization really help in conveying the information.

amazing patterns out of letters

there are too many wonderful images for me to put them all here but check out this portfolio of a japan based swedish designer for some amazing patterns made of single letters! the artist prints the patterns on textiles and creates buttons and pillows from them. he calls the collection "scriptures".