This image is a juxtaposition of so many different different things. It's a representation of history (one of the newspapers featured here is over 93 years old), style, color (pow!), and of course, typography. Specifically the ampersand.
DESIGN #62: AECHEN MEDIUM
I purchased the Aechen Medium font for a recent project and fell in love with the ampersand immediately. From far away, it's sturdy and bold, but up close there are delightful curves that only add interest and delicacy to it's resolute shape. Lovely.
DESIGN #61: LAND OF AMPERSAND
And it continues. A tribute to one of the most diverse and beautiful glyphs of a typeface or font.
DESIGN #60: SPRINGTIME & LOVE
With a little help from the ah-mazing photographer Jimmy Backius I've created a little springtime ampersand love.
DESIGN #59: SWISS & TOILETS
I already have to admit that incorporating an ampersand into every design this month could prove to be a slight challenge. I've noticed that when I get used to designing within specific parameters (whether for client or personal work), it can be difficult to allow my mind to open again. Just proves that our brains need to be exercised on a regular basis or they get mushy. *or at least mine does*
This concept incorporates a sort of swiss-style, art deco-ish design with an image from my very first photography class. A toilet!
DESIGN #58: INTRODUCING THE &
With March done and long gone, it's finally time to switch over to April's design a day challenge - incorporate the ampersand as an integral part of the design. I'm technically cheating tonight - this is a part of a poster that was in my senior exhibition. My thesis project focused on typography as the basis of design in order to help others appreciate letterforms as physical structures in dynamic relationships.
DESIGN #57: CIRCLE CRAZE
Today's sketch is a love affair with circles. Such a beautiful shape that can be perfectly round or molded and mushed to be slightly out of whack. But always a beautiful circle.
