Type Specimen Book

The assignment was to choose one of your favorite fonts. A font with lots to offer the graphic design world. On top of the main objective this also was the first time we were asked to make a book in InDesign. Therefore we were taught the technicalities of that before diving into the font specifics. But aside from that, for me this was easy considering all I ever like to use graphically is Gill Sans Light. We were asked to represent the font in several different ways within this project. We had to create an appealing title page to pull in the audience. Then within the book we had to show: the history of the font and the font designer, a representation of what the font would look like within a long text and all of the options that font offered you. Apart from that, the way we decided to show off our fonts was in our own hands. Obviously looking back on this it isn’t my greatest accomplishment. Still being pretty new in the InDesign program I wanted to push the design to something extreme. Show what I was capable of I suppose. But looking back I wouldn’t have made such an extreme color decision with such extreme bold designs. Although I do like how I showed off the font possibilities within the page numbers.

This assignment was to create a poster for the Bright Lights AIGA Awards. We received all the information necessary to be on the poster and from there were given the freedom to go our own route regarding the design aspect. At first we were asked to make 15 or so practice layouts of our own choosing. We then critiqued the top 5 in class and from there gradually cut them down to the final one. During this process I found myself pushing all the text to the ends and trying to fill up as much white space as possible in all of my layouts. There were issues with not having the information be too overwhelming yet still trying to keep my own flare with it. I just figured its an award for design I should create a unique attention grabbing layout. So I kept up with my idea to fill up the entire page. I like the idea of lots of lines, I always have. I like to cut parts of the information up with lines and colors yet keep whats important important and in the forefront. The other final design I had (which I personally preferred) was all in blacks, whites, and greys. I attempted to put color to it but I ruined the design aspect I loved about it. Therefore I had to go with my second choice because color was a must.