Final Postcard

Postcard Iterations

For type, I'm in charge of the postcards. From last last Wednesday, we worked with a partner to come up with ideas for postcards. I brought in the images and Keaton brought in type. My images:

And then from last monday, me and Karen worked on type for the postcard as well as the overall symposium.

After that, I was assigned to focus just on postcards and I did several iterations of what it could look like.

Semi final postcard:

We are going with the black image and the back just needs some adjustments.

Symposium Ideas Round 2

Following last class, we developed ways to produce the title. I did some tissue paper and charcoal, which I will post soon, hopefully, as well as some digital stuff.

From then, the class decided on 2 paths, exquisite corpse and imagery as background? I went for the corpse idea so I explored that. I did some experimentations:

We did this as a group so we exchanged what we each created and came up with different compositions.

I put one of them into a postcard and a website since that was required.

Now that I look back on it, I'm sort of feeling it but after seeing what people came up with for the imagery/simple type, I feel like that should be the direction we go in. Nothing hurts in exploring though so I'm glad I went through this exercise.

Symposium Ideas

We haven't really been making much for this but we've presented ideas for what the themes of the symposium could be.

Last Monday we went over the symposium titles and description and based on that, we were suppose to bring in ideas for Wednesday. I brought some color choices and ways the title could be formed. I also drew some ideas for how things could be laid out. I wasn't quite sure what was expected, and I felt like everyone else wasn't sure either so we did a round 2.

This was due today and each of us came up with actual concepts this time and mine was more image based. I was going off the idea of uniqueness and "atypical" things.

We also brought some inspirational images. I like the idea of vectors and how they can differ and how we use it. I also like handmade type like the cut paper. There's quite a few ideas up in the air and people brought in similar themes.

C/ID Reading

This was a helpful reading in terms of designing an identity. Many, if not all, of the museums we had to read, their identity was very simple and straight forward. Even though there were concepts and ideas behind it, they kept simple type and colors to convey the message. I loved the 20/20 Vision exhibit at the SMCS. Their colors and the way their handled their name was awesome. I also liked MoMAQNS and their concept. I liked that they kept the old Franklin Gothic font but enhanced it to fit the new museum. Overall, it seems like the most memorable ones are the most simple. Identities shouldn't be over thought but it should still be complex in terms of concept. It should also be simple enough to fit every form and be able to be flexible enough to work.

Symposium Description and Title List

We see it everyday, from street signage to a flyer someone hands you on the street. We interact with it everyday, from texting our friends or writing an email to a teacher. We might not consciously realize it, but it's around us constantly, aiding us by expressing how we feel. Typography is in every part of our lives. Through this symposium, we invite you to explore, interact, and view typography in a way you haven't before. Join us in an adventure that will inspire you to see typography in ways you haven't before.

Explore: A New Experience in Viewing Typography
(Re)See: Typography in a New Light
A Typo: Unusual Typography
Influential Type
Expressional
Other: Unconventional Type
UnSee Conventional Typography
TYPO: An Exhibition of Type
Continuous: Expressive Type
Undo: Rethinking Type

Typographic Symposium Concept Map

My concept map for the type symposium. It's quite general mainly because I wasn't really sure how specific I could get. I also didn't list the 4 categories that was said. Instead, I incorporated them. At first, it looks quite simple and not that complex but upon closer inspection, I differentiate change with a different font or a different style. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible so that people could understand. I started out by making a list but then split that list up and decided on verbs to use as the connector. I feel like I could've added more specific stuff but I wasn't sure how specific is too specific.