Making Pictures from Paper: Tangrams

I made this paper from scratch, by means of pulp, screens, and pressure. Once the paper dried, I cut it into geometric shapes. Composing the pieces that make up tangrams. This is an example of a cat, which I mirrored from bookshelf I saw in a catalogue. The paper was thick, between cardboard and card stock. The rough texture made marking on the paper difficult, but the line was thick, and clearly defined and clean. Cutting the shapes with an exacto knife was easy because of the thickness, and softness of the paper. It allowed for precise control, both with the pen, and knife.

Design and Type treatment

While looking up sailboats I stumbled across this image. It immediately caught my eye. All black hull and sails, and type pushed to the edge, off, and under. Simple and elegant, while maintaining the in your face boldness. It is an excellent design solution for this product, medium.

Yeoman's In the Fork

Yeoman's is a rare book and document gallery. They buy and sell books, and have their own collections.  One part of the rare book world, is the adding of value to books and documents. A first edition is worth a lot, but if the cover or binding is loose or in poor condition, it devalues. To add value back their are artisans that bind books. say you have an original Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but the binding is bad. Find a Book binder and have one made, and it adds more value, even though its not original.

Typography in Motion

There are tons of videos on you tube, but this one is a great example. It plays with space, and the interaction of words-meanings. The camera movement flows with the dialog, which conveys visually what the viewer should feel during that moment.

Motion Graphics

I saw this commercial while fast forwarding, caught the typography and had to rewind it and watch from the beginning. I enjoying seeing the new trend of motion graphics in the 3-d environment, add that with typography and this is what you get: Incredible.

http://www.motorator.com/videos/939