May 2012
2 posts
April 2012
5 posts
Man on Wire (video file was too large)
Jen Jesse
Typography III
Jason Dilworth
Title Sequence
The movie I chose to use as the inspiration for my title sequence was Man on Wire. There were several others movies I had viewed from the list emailed to us, however Man on Wire I had the most creativity with. It was a very simple documentary with a big story to tell if you had the taste for it. Admittedly the story is not for...
March 2012
1 post
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February 2012
7 posts
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Carol Twombly
Carol Twombly is a rather famous typographer who is best known for the typefaces Mirarae, created in 1984, Charlemagne in 1989, Lithos in 1989, Adobe Trajan in 1989, Caslon in 1990, Myraid in 1992, Viva in 1993, Nueva in 1994, and Chaparral in 2000. These achievements alone show how talented she is as a typographer as well as calligrapher. I chose to focus my case study this week on Carol Twonbly...
Marian Bantjes Case Study
Based off of what I’ve read in her book I’ve noticed that Marian Bantjes tends to take simple objects that would otherwise be found common and create something extraordinary out of them. She’s created masterpieces out of noodles, flowers and broken jewelry.
One of the most interesting concepts of some across in her work is that she tends to fill every inch of space she has to work...
January 2012
3 posts
Scientific vs Typographic method
Scientific Method:
1. Ask a question
2. Do background research
3. Construct a hypothesis
4. Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment
5. Analyze your data and draw a conclusion
6. Communicate your results
Typographic Method:
1. Define the problem
2. Test different theories that will help solve the problem
3. Create different possible solutions
4. Test which solution has a greater...
