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Typography Two Assignments

Welcome to this blog! I (Lis Charman) teach at Portland State and coordinate the Graphic Design program and this blog is a collection of the Typography Two work developed by Portland State graphic design students (with a few extra curricular projects included). I teach Typography 2, a 10 week course that consists of two projects, first an experimental set of Type Constructions (part 1 & 2) and a Cultural Campaign project where students select a fictional or actual cultural organization to promote through print, out-of-home / advertising and motion. Find more information about the class assignments after the jump. Enjoy! 

Typographic Experiments + “Take It Further” | Spring 2011

In my typography class students experiment with ways to create letterforms and develop a series of typographic constructions. The topic is up to the student—the last part of the project asks students to recontextualize the experiments or “take them further”. Here are a few of the experimental projects…

Ryan Bush

Allison Berg

Allison Berg

Allison Berg

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Christine Blystone

 

Julian Gese

Kathleen Barnett

Kathleen Barnett

Kathleen Barnett

Kathleen Barnett

Kathleen Barnett

Alex Taylor

Alex Taylor

Jong Seong Lee's Japanese Fairy Tales [Student Campaign]

Cultural Campaign // Typography // Oregon Ballet Theatre's "Japanese Fairy Tales"

 

  

 

Project 1: Part 2 // Experimental Type In Context

Here are examples of our typographic experiment part 2. At the beginning of ART 354 we focus on exploring typography & language; meaning & message; and medium, context & environment. Our goal is to develop inventive work that explores how typographic treatment and context affect meaning and message. We consider our experimenting to be (quick) typographic journeys. Here are some of the spring 2009 students' fearless type and meaning explorations (and even more after the jump!). Enjoy!

 

Nate Preston  // Experimental Type In Context at PSU // http://www.constantprocedure.com/

 

Nate Preston  // Experimental Type In Context at PSU // http://www.constantprocedure.com/

 

 

Nate Preston  // Experimental Type In Context at PSU // http://www.constantprocedure.com/

Jessica Cerrato // Experimental Type In Context //

 

 

Nicole Lavelle // Experimental Type In Context //

 

 

Nicole Lavelle // Experimental Type In Context // digital mock-up of banner

 

 

Nicole Lavelle // Experimental Type In Context //

 

Jordan Lessler // Experimental Type In Context //

Jordan Lessler // Experimental Type In Context //

Alex Bellerud // Experimental Type In Context //

 

Alex Bellerud // Experimental Type In Context //

 

Alex Bellerud // Experimental Type In Context //

Typographic Experiments In Context

Here are a few more typographic experiments [parts 1 & 2] by Typography Two students. We have completed our experiments with ideas, words, messages and typography. Next we explore our typographic messages in context, placed on objects, or in a specific environment. Through this project we ask how does our contextual placement alter, enhance, contradict or obfuscate the message and its meaning? 

To begin with, take a look at, Minji Pak's (an international student from Korea) personal reflection on her love of McDonald's french fries and her ponderings on how she is spending her time in Portland. The letters are made by arranging french fries and ketchup.

 

 

The next question the project asks is to put the experiments into a context and to play with non-traditional media and placement. What if Minji's personal message is placed on objects or  in an environment—how does the placement alter, enhance, contradict or obfuscate the message and its meaning?

 

 

Jason (Jay) Morgan made his typographic experiments about beer. For his contextual experiments he decided to focus on The North Fresh" as a brewery and create promotional "guerilla" promotions as well as explore how to create a street presence.

Above are stickers and below is his version of "99 bottles of beer on the wall" as stencil graphics

 

Coasters and signage for street presence for "The North Fresh Brewery" by Jason (Jay) Morgan)

North South Portland by Sarah Baugh, Justin Flood, & Nicole Lavelle

 

 North South Portland is a neighborhood-based non-fiction art project presented by Justin Flood, Sarah Baugh and Nicole Lavelle.

North South Portland is an investigation into place. The exhibition and event series explores the effects of urban renewal on the South Portland neighborhood, in the form of a public window installation and a series of public events, workshops, screenings and lectures.

North South Portland aims to generate interest in the area surrounding the Field Work space through the exploration of urban history and neighborhood conversation. Through direct engagement with neighborhood residents, Portland State University students, urban scholars and oral historians, the artists wish to instill a sense of local identity and open a dialogue about contemporary issues surrounding land-use planning, public policy, and neighborhood engagement.

The exhibition explores such topics as Portland history, immigrant communities in the Pacific Northwest, memory, nostalgia, urban renewal, city politics, grassroots activism and oral histories.

As part of their work at Field Work, Sarah, Justin & Nicole created a Protest Sign Workshop…

Sign from the workshop by Jennifer DeLos Reyes

354 Typographic Experiments: Part One

Type Two students choose broad themes and are given very tight deadlines to express ideas through experimental typography and placing typography in environments. More student experimenting after the jump! Here are a few 354 experiments with media/materials, language, letterforms, context by Winter Term 2009 students....

Belin Liu, Type 2 student, Theme: Visual Art, Empty

 

 

Genesis Duncan, Type 2 student, Theme: Theater, Storytelling + Razzle Dazzle

 

Tess Whitehead, Type 2 student, Theme:  Visual Art: Divide

Collins, Sarah, Type 2 student, Theme: Language / Words

Belin Liu, Type 2 student, Theme: Visual Art, Full / Empty + Pop

Krista Messer, Type 2 student, Theme: Visual Art: Make Less

PSU GD Student Aaron Rayburn’s Typography + Design for Esquire Magazine

Esquire magazine found out brilliant PSU GD student Aaron Rayburn through his blog FortPort. They asked him to re-imagine the logo of Esquire...  Using 300-year-old Oregon Black Walnut... to read more go to Aaron’s site. 

Aaron is named one of the top twelve designers in the U.S.!

 

The Woodworker from Aaron Rayburn on Vimeo.

 

Fall 2008 ART 354: Experimental Type Projects!

Designed by PSU student Becky Johnson

Fall 2008 Type 2's been experimenting with type and message. Project limitations: tight deadline; use of type, color and texture only; and communicate a visual message chosen from a supplied list of "themes".

Once the first exercise was completed, students determined the evaluation criteria (message, creativity, aesthtics, typography, copy and craftsmanship) and "voted" for the experiments that they felt best met the criteria. To see a few of the students' top picks that were tallied in more than one category click HERE!

Type Two project 1. parts 1&2 // Experimenting With Type Constructions

Colby Brooks. project 1 part 1: experimental typographic drawings.

Colby Brooks. project 1 part 1: experimental typographic drawings.

Xel Moore. (project 1. part 1.)

Xel Moore. (project 1. part 1.) screen printing on plexiglass

 
August Miller. project 1 part 2: experimental type & legos.

August Miller. project 1 part 2: experimental type & legos.

August Miller. project 1 part 2: experimental type & legos.

Krista Bradshaw

Maddie Hawley. project 1. part 1.

Maddie Hawley. project 1. part 1.

Maddie Hawley. project 1. part 1.

Bryan Morgan “This Was Mississippi” project 1. part 1.

 Bryan Morgan, narration courtesy of the Boise Voices project boisevoices.com (project 1. part 2.)

Bryan Morgan, narration courtesy of the Boise Voices project boisevoices.com (project 1. part 2.)

Bryan Morgan, narration courtesy of the Boise Voices project boisevoices.com (project 1. part 2.)

Bryan Morgan, narration courtesy of the boise voices project boisevoices.com (project 1. part 2.)

Bryan Morgan, narration courtesy of the boise voices project boisevoices.com (project 1. part 2.)

Bryan Morgan, narration courtesy of the boise voices project boisevoices.com (project 1. part 1.)

 

Steve Ebert’s GENERIC / Useful Information project // from/with Travis Buffington on Vimeo.

(project 1. part 2.)

Alex Broekhoff. (project 1. part 2.)

 

Colby Brooks, experiment: animated gif (project 1. part 2.)