Category Archives: Typography

Maps!

I’m taking a really cool class called Mapping and Diagramming with Prof. Karen Moyer.  For our first assignment, Karen asked us to redesign a terrible map she found in the design building (many years ago).  The map was put up to announce the closing of one of the main exits from the building, and looked …

January 26, 2008 – 6:16 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Communication Design, Typography | Comments (0)

Last Week’s Projects

Just because I love to share, and because I’m enjoying cataloging my own design development, Here are the three projects that made last week so work-heavy. First, and most importantly, my self portrait poster. This poster was printed at 44″ wide by 33″ tall, so you won’t be able to see it all that well …

September 22, 2007 – 8:52 am | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Flash, Music, Typography | Comments (0)

Helvetica

Emily and I went to see the movie “Helvetica” last night. Helvetica is a documentary about the history of the type face by the same name. A great movie that provided an interesting look into a narrow sub-sect of design culture. I am not generally able to identify specific type faces, but I’m going to …

September 15, 2007 – 10:56 am | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Music, Typography | Comments (0)

Days 22 Onward

As you, my dear readers, will have noticed, I’ve been a bit lazy regarding the blog this last few weeks. Continuing that trend, I will now proceed to sum up the rest of the summer course in a single post. And don’t expect me to get any better in the future – everyone keeps warning …

August 26, 2007 – 2:07 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Flash, Typography | Comments (0)

Days 16-21, July 24th to 30th

We spent the week working with Bob Swinehart, an information designer by trade. Bob assigned us the task of redesigning the US Post Office’s Change of Address form, a paid project he had personally worked on several years ago. We spent our first day in small groups wandering around campus with the current form, accosting …

August 1, 2007 – 7:36 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Typography | Comments (0)

Day 15 – July 23rd

We all brought in our final Posters/Books/Websites today for a final look-see and critique. I was unable to do as much on mine as I had anticipated due to a little snafu on Saturday. Kyle called me up (thank God) to let me know that Kinko’s, where I had planned to get my poster printed …

August 1, 2007 – 7:10 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Typography | Comments (2)

Day 14 – July 20th

Friday again, and our final day of process on the grid/typographical hierarchy project for Stacy. Kyle and I brought in 50% scale versions of our posters, and other folk brought in digital and print copies of their own projects. Obviously, another critique ensued. Everyone’s work is looking very good, many of us are moving straight …

July 28, 2007 – 8:55 am | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Typography | Comments (0)

Day 13 – July 19th

We critiqued each other’s sketches today. It looks like we have 5 people doing websites, 5 doing books, and just Kyle and I tackling the posters. Everyone made a good showing – I know now that doing a book or website would in no way have been easier. If anything, the poster, while it contains …

July 24, 2007 – 9:22 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Typography | Comments (0)

Day 12 – July 18th

Our second day of class with Stacy Rohrbach found us getting into the grit of our assignment. We are to take a badly written 11 page “Brief History of Type,” and create either a poster, website, or book to contain it. Most importantly, we are to use typographical hierarchy to make the essay as readable …

July 24, 2007 – 9:02 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Typography | Comments (0)

Day 11 – July 17th

Today was our first day with Stacy Rorbach, and a really interesting day it was. Stacy has a background in design (she’s actually a graduate of our program from back-in-the-day), but has focused most of her career on teaching, and I have to say it shows. Stacy has an easygoing and involving manner in the …

July 24, 2007 – 8:01 pm | By Paul | Posted in CMU, Design Fundamentals, Typography | Comments (0)