This week I discuss the importance of purpose in texts and publications. I look at the pacing and tone of voice in lifestyle articles, which I later try to implement as I write my first and second draft for this module’s essay. Further, I investigate how production methods can be used to communicate a message by focusing on the story of my grandfather.
This week I explore two different directions for my written essay. I reflect upon the act of collecting, by visiting old news paper articles as well as interviewing a collector. I also look into my grandfather’s wooden boat business through family interviews and general information on the craft.
This week I look at visual writing and designers who write. I discuss how one can use tone of voice and production methods in order to communicate a concept, with a focus on branding. For the workshop challenge I make up a dumpling restaurant concept, for which I attempt to create a correlating set of text and visuals.
This week I continue to look at information design, focusing on humanising big data. This is demonstrated through mixing physical experiments with a digital interface, as I embark on the workshop challenge. My response is a visualisation of political emission cut goals, which aim is to guide people on how to vote sustainably.
This week I look at data visualisation as I ask wether or not an infographic's sole function can be to be visually pleasing. For the workshop challenge I analyse the poster Moon Landings, which I present as an editorial, using interpretive visual pieces made from coal.
This week I embrace lettering as I attempt to create a playful and joyous word mark for the area of Grünerløkka. I experiment with lettering within a 3D dimension and practice the balance between detail and play.
In week 1 I take a look at vernacular typography in Oslo. Signage is a recurring theme as I collect letterforms from my local area, and have a go at starting what I hope will develop into a personal resource for letterforms.
In week 12 I look at the future of design within a sustainable context. What will happen to the planet if we fail to take action? And what might packaging look like in the future if we manage to make the transition? These are questions I attempt to respond to in the last workshop challenge of this module.
For week 11 I look at semiotics. I analyse how the message of Black Lives Matter is communicated through vandalism of statues of previous slave owners. Further I reflect upon what we might take from this way of communicating, in order to get a message across at a global level.
For week 10 I look into hand printing and how one might hand print letters from home using lino. I discuss a project that uses a unifying approach to typography and look at works by Anthony Burrill and Otl Aicher. For my workshop challenge I create a poster that visualises the poem We Real Cool.