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April 16, 2011
Experimental Typographic Project: Balloon City
Special thanks to Brian Ho for photography, video & overall awesomeness The Concept My final typographic project was to explore using social media iconography to comment on real-world objects. By taking the symbols offline, it presented a unique approach to alter or add meaning in a physical space. Original concepts included a performance-based display involving …
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Erik Spiekermann – Putting Back the Face into Typeface
January 29, 2011
Creating typographic hierarchy
Word Cloud Project For my public Wordcloud diorama, I use visual focus to create typographic hierarchy. I experimented with a variety of lenses, including liquid-filled containers. Each printed word was identical in size. Using depth & distortion, words that are closer to the viewer will have greater clarity & focus than those further away. Source material …
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