Advanced Typography - Final Compilation and Reflection

 

Week  10 | Week  14
Mohamed Hammam Chebel (0342483) BDE's. Creative media (Hons) 
Advanced Typography

Final Compilation and Reflection 

Instructions

Exercises  

• Typographic Systems.
• Type & Play (Part 1) - Finding Type.
• Type & Play (Part 2) - Type & Image.

Project 1a

• Key Artwork.

Project 1b

• Key Artwork & Collateral. 

Project 02 (Final)

• Design, Exploration and Application. 

Exercises 

Typographic systems

Fig 1.1

Axial system

Fig 1.2

Random  system

Fig 1.3

Dilatational system

Fig 1.4

Radial system

Fig 1.5

Transitional system

Fig 1.6

Bilateral system

Fig 1.7

Modular system

Fig 1.8

Grid system

Fig 1.9

Typographic systems Exercise

PDF

Type & Play (Part 1) - Finding Type

Fig 2.1

Original picture of pasta

Fig 2.2

First extraction of the letters from the picture

Fig 2.3

First extraction of digitized letters 

Fig 2.4

Final letters JPG

Fig 2.5

Final letters PDF

Type & Play (Part 2) - Type & Image

Fig 3.1

Final portrait JPG

Fig 3.2

Final portrait PDF

Project 1A

Key Artwork

Fig 4.1

Final Key Artwork JPG

Fig 4.2

Final Key Artwork PDF

Project 1B

Key Artwork & Collateral

Fig 5.1

Final poster JPG

Fig 5.2

Final poster PDF

Fig 5.3

Final Animated invite GIF

Fig 5.4

Final Collaterals JPG

Fig 5.5

Final Collaterals 

PDF

Project 02

Design, Exploration and Application

Fig 6.1

Final Letters in Adobe Illustrator JPG

 

Fig 6.2

Final Letters in Adobe Illustrator PDF

Scorpiona Hadjrita, Font Download link

Fig 6.3

T-shirt JPG

Fig 6.4

Notebooks_1 JPG

Fig 6.5

Notebooks_2 JPG

Fig 6.6

 Small Notebook JPG

Fig 6.7

Roll-up Banner JPG

Reflection 

Experience

This semester is advanced compared to the last one especially in this module I didn't have to worry about how to do the tasks since I already went through the "HOW" in the last semester I had to focus on creating new ideas and doing research to solve problems through design.

In this semester my mindset has changed to the better, I feel like I gained more knowledge and I'm wanting to explore and learn more, this module taught me how to solve problems with design thinking, and how to create amazing things based on references and research. 

I learned that a designer should have a clear goal and purpose before beginning with any design, before I was always drawing and sketching things without a clear goal, which caused me to spend longer hours doing those artworks and I wasn't really enjoying them!

Now I have a glimpse on how is it going to be after I graduate, doing the projects and especially the last one, I pictured myself working at a company as a designer and I have to find out a solution for a problem that they are facing. 

It was a bit hard and stressful, but the most important thing is that I learned from this great experience. 

Observation 

I see that this semester is about creativity and problem solving, instructions were giving from the lecturer but we had to do the task on our owns, I see it as an experience and preparation for what to come.

I noticed that in this semester I needed reading and research more than the last one, research and references were the key for creating and innovating new Ideas.

I also noticed that a designer is a problem solver, and a designer is doing art for a purpose or a goal he want to achieve, I faced a lot of bumps while doin the tasks but I was resilient and tried several methods to solve those problems.

This semester, I learned to be more open minded and to explore new art styles, I learned to read and do research about different cultures so I get inspiration from them.

I found new ways Of doing things that helped me speed up my workflow so I can meet the deadlines, However I'm not satisfied with my artworks that I've done for the projects.

 

Findings  

Since I started studying at design school I was always looking to find a suitable design style or art style to my personality, in the past I drew some artworks but I didn't had a consistent art style.

Now, and after finishing this last semester I found that I always try to keep things as real as possible. 

When designing a poster for example, I like to add textures and effects to the letters so I make it like it is printed, I found that I don't really like the perfect digital look of the letters and the overall posters these days.

So I fount myself trying so hard to give my artworks a realistic feel to them, this actually is a reflection of how I see the world, I see that people are seeking perfection when the beauty of life lies in the imperfections and differences.

I found myself looking at references from the mid century artworks (posters, films, illustrations).

This module helped me to find my personal preferable style.