Typography Zine Project Rational on the Most Memorable Font from the Art Nouveau Era
In this assignment, I started off with a very strong idea of where I wanted to go with the project. I loved the research and aesthetic I built for the layouts. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize until much later that I picked a font that would not be subtle for the project. This was a major set back and in the future, I will be reading the briefs more carefully. For these setbacks, I will be giving myself a 7 for my personal score. The setback cause a time restriction and I feel I could have done more for this project. I did enjoy it when I eventually got to the font I’d end up using, Arnold Böcklin. The design choices came easy to me, as I love Art Nouveau and Alphonse Mucha, whose work help define the era. Art Nouveau was the theme for this zine so I used naturalistic shapes like arches in the patterns as many of the design choices done in Art Nouveau were inspired by nature. With that came a softer color pallet that I kept very minimal. I spent around 6 hours on the collective research and design portion of the assignment and have left with a better understanding of the intricacies of typography and the Art Nouveau.
