Matterhorn Poster

Here's a new poster I've made today to showcase my Swiss Typeface for my FMP, it's a mixture of photo-editing, photo-illustration and Typography. Again I've stuck with Avenir as to strike a direct contrast between the Ironic Swiss Typeface I've created and the traditional sans serif style.

Whilst making it I found my self sitting looking at it and wondering what was missing, it finally clicked that I needed a reflection in the water, I feel it adds an extra level of realism. My plan is to pair this with the other A3+ poster (below) I made for this series of work and display them both in exhibition.

Digital Swiss Collage

And here is the final one. I think it'll be nice once printed out full size with supporting media. I'm really pleased with it actually, it's been a lot of work, but rewarding at the same time. It's been nice to finally get some real Graphic Design work done. What I mean by that is, I've enjoyed doing my final major project very much, designing Typefaces has been an interesting learning curve and I'll probably visit the techniques I've learned again in the future. And while I've enjoyed it, I still enjoy putting the supporting design work towards it better. I think it's improved my view of Typefaces, I understand them differently now.

Type Point of View

Have you ever wondered what happens on the other side of a computer screen? Yeah, well it's probably not this... But it makes for a nice idea, so I tried illustrating it! I Used my wacom tablet and did some drawings in Sketchbook, it's turned out all right, however I think the colours seem a bit washed out, so I've posted the non-colour version too. The Typefaces I've personified are: Helvetica, Futura & Akzidenz Grotesk.

Microsoft 365 Competition Entry

I used the designs I made for my Typeface research and used them to enter an online competition for Microsoft's Office 365 program. The theme is "work from anywhere", so I thought these were fitting. The only thing I'm thinking now is that it could have been nice to do a full scale map of the world rather than just North America and Europe. I like the style I've used in the maps, maybe eventually I'll get round to doing a full map.