books

Couple of books I found in the library which I've been flicking through for some ideas:
TypeIdeaIndex - Jim Krause
Helvetica:Homage to a Typeface - Lars Muller

letterforms research.....

http://www.syntheticautomatic.com/#dimension


Synthetic Automatic aka Apirat Infahsaeng...

Obviously I have begun my first solo brief 'Alphabet Soup' I will be looking at various typefaces and letterforms. Not sure how I found this guy, typotheque.com maybe. My chosen letter is G, so I spotted this one a mile off...it seems that with bolder, louder typefaces it must be more difficult to produce more complicated letters such as G. However this one works so effectively due to its thin crossbar and terminal, causing it to be easily recognisable. I like these sort of bolder title letterforms, I feel they are useful to display the nature of magazine articles. 

Kate Moross.....

Im enjoying these designs by Kate Moross, who has an absolutely huge volume of professional work under her belt for a 24 year old. Shown here is artwork for record sleeves and labels for the artist Zomby, who produces unique and sometimes slightly disturbing beats made from old-skool 8-bit sounds mixed with unusual basslines. The artwork has some beautiful mathematical qualities to it(particularly regarding the last image), however what I find particularly interesting is how she makes use of triangles in such a fascinating way; with many designers it seems standard practise to make use of grid formats, circles and squares, it looks very fresh to have a designer work with a more complex and exciting shape.

give up art: type design/poster/promotional design.

Got this lot from Give Up Art, a wicked company who i've followed for a while now. this is my 'start anywhere' beginning point. the company is in a league of its own (within the category of music-related design) in my opinion, for the following reason: in an age where every fly posted promotional piece of material on the walls appear cluttered, unorganised and unprofessional, Give Up Art began producing super sharp, clean, bright posters/flyers that stick out like a sore thumb amongst other mundane promotional graphics. the 'why not?' image is a prime example of their aesthetic success.....without displaying any information viewers were spurred on to investigate, and following this the first ever Why Not? night was completely jam packed with people, a proper sellout. That's a result in anyone's books..


the apple pips poster also is the most beautiful and professional design i have seen in my life, massively underrated as a piece of work because the lack of people knowing about why this company exists