by Mark | Jun 24, 2021 | Experimentation, Journal, Primary Research, Promotion, Research, Secondary Research
Open Collab is a experiment in digital collaboration. Throughout the month they put out an open call for submissions on a theme that are the randomly combined with other submissions to create new works of art. This month it was the Typographic Session and they asked...
by Mark | May 27, 2021 | Journal, Promotion, Reflection, Research, Secondary Research
My project focuses on the development of western letterforms based on latin alphabets. In the 2014 documentary about her by Edward Tufte, Inge Druckrey posits that “the classical Roman letter is the ancestor of all later formal developments of our...
by Mark | May 18, 2021 | Journal, Promotion, Reflection, Research
In her book Teaching Design, author Meridith Davis comments that todays “design fields began as trades, rather than professions” with many of the practical skills being acquired through making (2017). The rules of graphic design are not enshrined or...
by Mark | Apr 28, 2021 | 3D Printed Letterpress Type, Experimentation, Journal, Primary Research, Production, Promotion, Research
Glint Club B1309/10 (Bethel 1956) The current idea for Glint club originates from the exploration of the Glint border and ornament. Writing on the glint club blog in 2015 the authour explains “In April 1956 David Bethel submitted his design for the Glint border...
by Mark | Apr 28, 2021 | 3D Printed Letterpress Type, Experimentation, Journal, Primary Research, Production, Promotion, Research
This week I have been exploring the use of resin 3d printers to be able to generate printable blocks from home without the need for other tools like laser cutters/routers etc. The results so far have been promising – producing blocks that are sturdy enough to print...
