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Type Identification Poster

For my type identification poster, I wanted to design something that would stand out, and after many (and I mean many) ideas I decided to use a “drinking” or “bar theme” hence the title, Tipsy Typefaces. I wanted to visually… Continue Reading →

The First Composed Cartoon, Swiftly Sets Sail into an Empire

Although we all know and love the Mickey Mouse we grew up with, our childhoods could have been very different if he wasn’t the replacement for another character. Walt Disney’s ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’ was a popular cartoon rabbit making… Continue Reading →

The Titanic’s murderous maiden voyage

The Titanic was a luxurious British steamship built in 1911 which carried over 1,500 passengers to their demise during its journey from Southampton, England, to New York. The reasoning’s behind the ship’s creation The Titanic was the outcome of a… Continue Reading →

Historical Artifact

“Modiano” Róbert Berény’s most famous design After looking at these reference images, I established how and why I wanted to complete my project. I decided to replicate “Modiano” by Róbert Berény and this is my finished product. After choosing to make… Continue Reading →

The Grim(m’s) reality of your favourite childhood stories

A look straight into their past: Authors of the Grimm’s Fairy Tale collections, (the Grimm Brothers) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are the original creators of most of all your favourite childhood fables and had a major influence on the original… Continue Reading →

Futura Zine

For my typography zine project, I decided to research Paul Renner and the font he created, Futura. I picked this font because many of the posters and logos with it in use are very bold, eye-catching and have a great… Continue Reading →

Businessman risks all over pieces of paper

Extra! Extra! Read All About It Who is this daring man? Born in Muhlbach-sur-Munster in 1575, Johann Carolus spent a lot of his life surrounded by books. Initially working as a bookbinder’s apprentice, Carolus continued to advance upwards becoming a… Continue Reading →

The Progression of Festivals

Overall, while doing this Mood Board project I learnt a lot about different periods of time in the past. I chose to do it on the First Olympic Games held in Greece (776 BCE), Gunpowder & fireworks invented (China) (700-900)… Continue Reading →

Rock inscriptions, art history’s take on rock and roll

Rock and Roll? Rock and Art Between 40 – 35,000 BCE, “rock art, rock carvings, rock engravings or rock inscriptions” created the foundations of images drawn, painted or carved onto surfaces of rock. Being one of the oldest forms of… Continue Reading →

Yearbook Spread

The theme I decided to go with for my yearbook spread was travel. Considering I moved from my birthplace at such a young age, I couldn’t grow up around any of my relatives, so being able to go back and… Continue Reading →

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