Richter Typographic Calendar | Typography Exploration, Art Direction
Objective
Create a calendar which highlights four different typographic treatments: fusion, fragmentation, inversion and separation.
Concept
The paintings by Gerhard Richter were chosen as the background for this project as they felt strongly connected to each other and to the season and typographic treatment being highlighted.
Optima Playing Cards | Packaging & Design
Objective
Design a deck of playing cards using only the letter forms found in Optima, the typeface created in 1958 by Hermann Zapf.
Concept
The cards evoke the time and place, when and where, Optima was created. The mid-century modern aesthetic (colors, hourglass female figures), the prominent art movements and players (ie. Charles and Ray Eames), and the design culture in the U.S. in the 1950s (the Jack is a cocktail glass). are all reflected in the design of the cards.
Original typeface
Objective
Design an original typeface based on quick sketches done in the first week of a 10 week Type West summer workshop at Letterform Archive.
Concept
Gee! is a lightweight, stencil serf typeface with medium and translation contrast and a large x-height. The name was chosen to reflect the accessible, friendly, simple design and the soft swearing which came with learning RoboFont and letterform design at the same time. Think gee whiz! or Golly gee! These minced oaths (substitution of a g-word for God) fit this typeface perfectly
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