My Typo Blog

 All final designs.       Overall I am extremely happy with my outcomes to this brief. I chose this brief for a challenge to push my im...

  I decided to super-impose my designs into the gallery surroundings they were made for. I think they look really good together, and the il...

  Here are examples of how chapters 2 and 3 would look. The layout and concept has been kept the same, but a different graphics has been us...

   I am finally happy with my design. I think it has good structure with the grid system, and the type is set very minimally and in an easy ...

  I feel like I am so close to an end result. Came to the conclusion that the type should be at the foot of the design and not head. This w...

    Here are a few examples of my developed designs. I have put my 5 column grid into action and think it has immediately given the designs...

  These are some sketches I did when looking into grids. For me the 5 column seems to work the best. You get the structure and strength tha...

  I should have perhaps looked into grid systems earlier on in the process, but better late than never. As a young designer it is so easy ...

  Needing some inspiration as to how I should layout the main text on my posters I decided to turn to swiss design. I looked at JMB for i...

When it comes to the hierarchy of type these are the key factors to bare in mind. Size, colour, weight, style and combination. For my desig...

    Here are some of the first ideas that I have put together digitally. I have tried to visualise whether it would be better to have to ...

  The decision has been made. I am to use Origami for the main 'illusion' type and Gill Sans for the body type. My reasoning behind ...

   One of, if not the, most important element of these designs is the typeface selections. I am using two different typefaces in my designs...

  These are some early layout sketches that I did in order to visualize the poster design and to try find the look that I was aiming for. I...

The first piece of design work I have done on this project is for the supporting graphics in my designs. Although I am yet to work on any la...

  As i touched on previously, 3d type is all the rage at the moment, with more demand for it from clients as well as more software being...

  The use of shapes in typography is something that I found sitting right under my nose. With the current design trend being all about 3...

As well as going back to look at pioneers of type and design, I also wanted to look at how shapes are being used in design today. Everything...

Joseph Muller Brockmann was a pioneer for Swiss style typography and design. The reason I chose to look at his work was because he really br...