We love typography, summer time, and SVA!
Datamoshing an experimental video technique where the I-frames or key-frames of a temporally compressed video are removed, causing frames from different video sequences to bleed together.
One of the examples we discussed in class of applying datamoshing to work was this music video, “Evident Utensil” for the band Chairlift, directed by Ray Tintori of Court 13.
The “S” from Luca Pacioli’s De Divina Proportione (1509).
Thread type by graphic designer and recent MFA Cranbrook graduate, Elle Kim
Check out this brilliant experimental blending of two art forms: Graffiti + Kirigami (a variation of origami; most people know kirigami as paper snowflakes). This experimental style is called Graffitiami.
You can find more at
http://designby31216.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/graffiti-kirigami-graffitiami/
What other artforms can you name which can be combined to create experimental typography?
Today’s exercise was to use transform letterforms using tracing paper, pencil and your imagination. To understand the complexity and small details of typefaces, this seemingly simple exercise gets your hand used to drawing the shapes and curves, thicks and thins of letterforms that will help you create your own typeface.
The results are magical! Look at these beautiful examples that were done in only 1 hour. Always keep in mind that the principles of basic design applies equally to typography, so focus on proportion, scale, contrast, balance and unity.
There is no better self-teaching method in typeface design than to spend time tracing letterforms from existing typefaces. It’s important to learn the rules before you break them!
Archer, Verdana, Bookman, Garamond, Futura oh my!
Thank you for the wonderful presentations in today’s Type Stories. From newspapers, to movies, to structural infographics, your presentations were wonderful, creative, engaging, and very informative!
Here are some highlights I gathered from our stellar presenters:
- Futura was Stanley Kubrick’s favorite typeface
- Tahoma is the condensed version of Verdana
- Bookman, which was originally designed in the 1800’s, was revived as Bookman ITC in 1975 by SVA faculty Ed Benguiat, who also created the popular Bookman Swash
- In 2009, IKEA dropped Futura, their signature typeface of over 50 years, and replaced it by Verdana typeface in an effort to be able to use the same font in all countries, including Asian countries
Today was the perfect day to walk around the vibrant streets of the East Village for the Words in Urban Typography assignment. We designed a simple, b/w 8.5 x 11 flyer of an interesting word and walked around the East Village to create new compositions and combinations by combining our flyers with existing type and environments.
It’s interesting how the type in context and in relationship to its environment changes the word’s meaning.
