Typography
Of the many disciplines under Visual Communication Design, typography is by far my favorite subject and my greatest strength: specifically poster and magazine layouts. I tackle each typography project by understanding the target audience and how to best convey important details. After defining the macros, I easily become "lost" – in a nerdy, graphic design way – in the micros of typography such as leading, kerning, and grid layouts. Through various academic projects, I have become well versed in Publishing software – namely Adobe InDesign and Affinity Publisher.
Xants
Xants is a typeface that was produced by Adobe as a part of their Lost Typography of the Bauhaus Masters project. This project was aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus – a German school of design and art during the mid 1900s. Modern designers were tasked with revitalizing unfinished fonts from Bauhaus designers. The original designer was Xanti Schawinsky. Mr. Schawinsky was a Swiss artist and designer, who taught at the Bauhaus. Mr. Schawinsky’s sketches were further worked upon by modern designer Luca Pellegrini. Mr. Pellegrini finalized this modern font by adding symbols and punctuation.
In further celebration of the Bauhaus’ legacy, various academic departments from Eastern Washington University tasked students with creating content that emulated Bauhaus principles. The poster displayed, uses one of the fonts from Adobe’s project and the principle of basic geometric shapes to honor the Bauhaus.
Xants (poster) was created by Tannor Glumbik, Jose Arciga, Anthony Riojas, and Payton White.
A History of Boeing
Boeing is a legendary, aviation company with roots in Seattle, WA. A History of Boeing is a collection of images and text detailing this historic company’s aviation achievements throughout the years.
To match the mechanical achievement of flight, this book uses a grid based on the golden ratio. The golden ratio is a geometric sequence that appears naturally in nature.
Warhol on 15
Of the many works that Andy Warhol is famous for, clashing / saturated colors and repetition are common themes. Using Andy Warhol’s work as inspiration, Warhol on 15 displays the content duplicated and in different color schemes.
Manzanar
Manzanar is a photographic book depicting the American-Japanese internment camp Manzanar. This book features the works of Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. To separate the photographic works of these two photographers, the top half of the book exclusively features Ansel Adams and vise versa for Dorothea Lange.
