type inspiration

when I was looking for typographic inspiration, i found myself drawn towards type that emphasizes or exaggerates the structure of each letterform.

so far…koenig

this is my progress on my spread designs for koenig’s living with steel. they still need some more care and attention, but it’s a process. love takes time. reminder of my concept, my mantra for this project: design that echo’s the structure of koenig’s houses, and visually demonstrates his innovation by breaking out of antissipated or assumed form.

self-assessment

starting this semester was tough, i felt really lost and confused. i think quite a few of us had to take a minute to wake back up after summer. then a couple of weeks into classes, i fell into a nice little creative groove and i rolled with it. i found my concept for this book and for the first time in a while, i was confident in my idea. though the form changed some over the duration of this project, which is expected, my concept just kept on getting stronger. once i got into the process of the book, the form and concept made an agreement and they grew into a massive beast. and i’m really quite happy with the outcome. though something that i have been trying to work on, is overcoming my social anxiety, and participating more in class. I love everyone, and can talk to them one on one…but get everyone together all at once, and i’m the scared little rabbit in the corner. i’m going to get better at it, i am.

stein vs. stein

my overlying concept for both narrative and type is the idea of memories and how they fade over time. stein creates intimate detailed moments within her poetry and the act of writing them down is an act of trying to capture a moment in time. as i try to visually bring her words to life in these projects, i emphasize the fragility of memories over the passage of time.

here are my story boards for my two motion pieces:

and a few motion tests:

and the cover of my book and an excerpt:

stein vs. vellum II

more progress on my selected stein poems. playing around with composition and emphasis. the core concept still being the passage of time and the fragility of memories.

eating:

a red hat:

stein vs. vellum

as I started type experimentation with my stein poems, i really focused in on the intimacy of the moments in her words. the poems are so closely focused on one object, food, or room in that moment, as if a memory. I wanted to capture the feeling of detailed intimacy and the fragility of memory. I am experimenting with vellum to release the details of each poem slowly as you turn the pages, with the previous lines slowly fading away the farther you get into the book (like memories). 

 

 

 

I also played with alternative ways of getting to that release of details and fading memories, through the deterioration of the text with water.