Group Typography

In groups we had two objects that we had to use for typography. The task was to create a word or phrase from our objects, that relates to them.

Our first object was some children's building blocks, we thought about what they're used for, such as playing, building, fun etc. As we didn't have many pieces I suggested that we used the word 'learn' as it is short and helps children develop skills such as coordination and puzzle solving thus building their knowledge.

We made sure to add the left over pieces to the ends of the letters so that they were easy to read.

I think that this was successful as the word was easy to read and illustrated the meaning and purpose of the object itself.



Next we had a box of ties, as there were a lot of them so we thought about making a short phrase such us 'dressed up', 'suit and Tie' or 'business'. Someone in the group thought about making "All tied up" as it is a long phrase and uses a range of different letters, to show how the ties could be manipulated in different ways. 

We thought about trying to group the ties in colour and pattern categories so that it would be easier to read, as their were a lot of ties, we thought that might be too time-consuming to do. Instead, we made sure that each letter was large and clear. The group also added small details such as folding the ties to make the letter thicker and even rolling up a tie to dot the 'I'. Doing this insured that our typography was easy to understand, but also displayed our creativity with the objects. 

I also enjoyed a piece from another group in the class who used post-it notes against the wall to make the word 'Stick'. I found it interesting how they managed to make a clear word with the material they had and how they grouped the notes into colour.