Sarah and I were making our way to a room on the upper level of the convention center to attend a session and true-to-form I was rubbernecking the entire way, trying to take in anything and everything — mundane details mixed with people-watching and a general curiosity to see what there is to see. During one of my origami head-craning sessions, I glimpsed a tiny bit of black-on-white lines through an open door, a dash of color amongst the alphabet.
“Oh Sarah… we’re going to have to go in that room. YOU are going to have to go in that room.”
“Okay…?!?!”
“Trust me. That room will make you happy.”
An hour and fifteen minutes later, Sarah’s eyes widened and a smile graced her lips. TYPOGRAPHY. The art and technique of arranging type, type design and modifying type glyphs. In other words, verbal art.
Here are some of the alphabetic works that I wanted to remember from the showcase:
** Me too…
** This one makes me smile, though I don’t particularly know why.
** Pirates are cool, and beards are the new black.
** Amen.
** Dude… Seriously. “Who should?!”
** The Wonderful World of Typology (Alphabet Animals) was a personal favorite of mine, but I liked the idea behind the Judges poster as well. The artist asked each judge what their favorite letter was, and then “drew” their portrait using only that letter. Same with the animals — the Jaguar is made entirely of “J’s,” meanwhile the Elephant is shaped from “E’s” — uppercase and lowercase, regular and emboldened. Genius.
** I want this font; I think a student created it…
** In this piece, the part of the skate that had the grommets was actually 3-D, as was the laces. Fun!
** Campaign posters for 2012, anyone?!
OMG!!
The 2nd one is William Fitzsimmons, the musician I absolutely ADORE!!! =)