{"id":374,"date":"2020-04-22T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/?p=374"},"modified":"2020-04-22T08:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:17:13","slug":"dsgn142-canadian-design-today-marian-bantjes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/2020\/04\/22\/dsgn142-canadian-design-today-marian-bantjes\/","title":{"rendered":"DSGN142: Canadian Design Today &#8211; Marian Bantjes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4814d364d7cb52ed875a5a6338fe6438-1200-80.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marian Bantjes is a Canadian typographer and designer who is best known for her intricate typography work including her annual Valentine&#8217;s day cards which are featured in her Ted Talk. She does beautiful work and uses a variety of interesting mediums, ranging from salt to household objects, to create unique patterns that frame her typography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I especially like her Valentine from 2005, which is a heart design that almost looks like arteries. I find that the type is not always legible, but I think that the overall design excuses it.  I admire her ability to create unique patterns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bantjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bantjes_2005_valentine1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bantjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bantjes_2005_valentine2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I find it interesting that despite her large portfolio of work in all kinds of mediums, each piece still has a certain design sensibility that makes it a Marian Bantjes piece. Each piece has a sense of exploration, fun, and wonder that is especially welcome during this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bantjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bantjes_2007_sustainability-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bantjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bantjes_2014_varoom-empathy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5adfe922a9e02824742e7bc1\/1524720330204-C18LJSSBXRDA2TK9DH56\/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kPqQfq0L3n3wpHIsRapTfg8UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKczo5Zn4xktlpMsMj-QlHXeMfNK6GwvtVkYEWiR8XAPyD3GfLCe_DXOSC_YcAacWL_\/bantjes_certificates-distinction5.jpg?format=2500w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/certificatesforeverydaythings.com\/distinction\">https:\/\/certificatesforeverydaythings.com\/distinction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bantjes.com\/work\/valentines-2005\/\">http:\/\/bantjes.com\/work\/valentines-2005\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bantjes.com\/about\/\">http:\/\/bantjes.com\/about\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marian Bantjes is a Canadian typographer and designer who is best known for her intricate typography work including her annual Valentine&#8217;s day cards which are featured in her Ted Talk. She does beautiful work and uses a variety of interesting mediums, ranging from salt to household objects, to create unique patterns that frame her typography.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/2020\/04\/22\/dsgn142-canadian-design-today-marian-bantjes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DSGN142: Canadian Design Today &#8211; Marian Bantjes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9760,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,68,69],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-142-r","tag-dsgn-142","tag-marian-bantjes","tag-week-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9760"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/connielow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}