typography

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I produced: sixteen unique stamps, each of which serves as a tribute to Spiekermann's design principles; a souvenir sheet featuring the principles of ascender, baseline, italic & justification; and a specially designed protective envelope. I began the process by looking at the visual language of Spiekermann himself as represented by companies he has started. I studied the work of FontShop, EdenSpiekermann, FontBook, Meta Design, and the larger typographic commissions he has completed throughout his career.

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Created for Complex Typography we were asked to design a cookbook using purely typography. I developed a calm and sophisticated visual flow for the piece with variation throughout the different sections to create interest.

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A pocket sized book made for a Print Publications course. The book had to fit restrictions to make reproducing it cost effective. The focuse was on typographic detail and legibility. We were asked to choose two articles on a specific topic (mine was the classification of type), and typeset a book using the articles. I built the book around the theme of contrast between new and old classifications of typography.

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A redesign of the Air Canada boarding pass. We were asked to approach this assignment from both a typographic standpoint as well as an information design problem. We were tasked with creating both a printed version and a digital one for use in smart phones.

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16x24 Posters created for type class chronicling some highlights of typography in hip-hop through the decades.

The posters were set up in a 'type museum' environment and was meant to give the viewer a quick overview of how type changed through the decades in hip-hop culture. 

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 Typography is like fabric. It is the weaving in and out of various typefaces, weight, and spacing, to essentially form aesthetically pleasing and legible content, let it be display or body texts.

"Type Weave" is a self-directed project, which uses a metaphorical approach to help us understand the characteristics of some common typefaces. A type of fabric is juxtaposed with a typeface based on similar characteristics and attitude.

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A large-scale poster (17" x 50") partially inspired by vintage woodcut posters. The poster contains an eclectic mix of typefaces, spelling out a famous excerpt from Cosmos by Carl Sagan, an astromoner and writer, and a personal hero of mine. The poster itself is dark blue, like the night sky, and the text is coloured in a gradient that goes from grey to blue to orange, like a sunset. The infamous "pale blue dot" is at the top of the poster, providing an early context for the viewer before they understand that the dot represents Earth. 

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This monograph contains the story of Samson's life, as told in the Book of Judges. The story is quite violent and unsettling, so the design is meant to reflect those feelings. Because the source of Samson's power is his hair, I chose to use human hair in various graphic treatments, from creating letters forming the title spreads and drop caps, to subtle ornaments, to abstract illustrations. The hair was photographed, edited, placed into the book and printed with the rest of the text on warm-coloured paper. The book was hand-bound using a coptic technique, to give it a raw, unfinished feel. 

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Poster design for the Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. All typography on the poster was hand-drawn and digitally rendered by me for this project, and became a real test to my own skills as a letterer to learn where my strengths and weaknesses were.