Tag Archives: typography
Inspiration: Saul Bass style TRON credits
Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo. Being a fan of both Saul Bass and TRON, this made my day. Plus, the music is a bit of Buddy Rich – Nutville, which is also a tune I enjoy.
Penguin Book Cover: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Penguin book competition also spans to adult books, with this year’s choice being the classic novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. I ran with the theme of eggs, for a variety of reasons.
Puffin Book Cover: Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Each year, Penguin Books runs a pair of competitions to design a cover for the Penguin and Puffin range of books (Puffin being the children’s branch). This year, the Puffin book is Grimm’s Fairy Tales, a collection of classic fairy
Fashion Show: Poster Design
Another of the projects I’m currently working through is a set of promotional materials for the 2012 Graduate Fashion Show. It has proved to be a little bit of a nuisance, as it has had a very small timeframe, little
Typography Exercise: Experiments
Prior to the Magawebzine project, I was tasked with experimenting with a set piece of text, and arranging it in an interesting but orderly manner, emphasising readability and legibility. The other requirement was to use a grid system. As I’ve
Magawebzine: Final Magazine Layout
Today is the final day of the Magawebzine project, so I figured I’d post up this. Unfortunately due to time and money constraints, compromises were made in the production which prevented the physical outcome from being as I had planned,
Inspiration: Neville Brody
Neville Brody is similar to my previous inspiration post subject – David Carson – In that they both challenge the established visual formula in design. However, that is more or less where the similarities end. Unlike Carson, Brody was educated
Photobook: “Caged Living”
This is the second of two photobooks I worked on during the first half of this year. Photographer Owen Harvey was working on a series of photographs aimed at exploring the difference between how we treat animals, and how we