02 Books in 01 Slipcase

I chose two books that I loved as a child and have influenced me a lot. “The Brothers Lionheart” and “Mio, my Son” written by the great Astrid Lindgren. Both books are about little boys who are searching for love, peace, freedom. This search I have represented by the arrows, which are directional and also indicate the reading direction/direction of view for the reader. The designs are kept simple and wrap very colorful stories full of adventure and wisdom.

Font in Use: LFT Etica Mono Book via Adobe

Papertype posters

Papertype is a paper-made movable type for letterpress printing. It is easy to produce and light to carry precisely because it is paper. The unevenness of the printed typeface gives it a characteristic that brings out the feel of the printed surface. Working together with a furniture dealer and a portable printing press, it was possible to bring to people not just a letterpress machine and character design, but the experience of printing and typography as well.

OCR FA CTU no. 1

OCR FA CTU no. 1 is a digitization and interpretation of one of the least known IBM Selectric 10-pitch typewriter fonts (Printing and Publishing no. 2) in which no descenders exist. It is a nice visual feature but also a practical one allowing written languages with accents to use tighter leading.

In one of the first sketches, I applied the boxy technical character in all letters, resulting in an (f)rigid appearance. The technical barrel-shaped details are softened with the almost handwritten feel of some of the most used letters (a, e, s, r).

This eclectic monospace font is used throughout the yearbook of the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University 2021–22.

Object Mode/The Set-Up

Object Mode is a group exhibition by students of the Electronic Media Department of HfG Offenbach at TOR Art Space in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The exhibition features moving images and objects in the form of spatial installations and video sculptures, and poses questions of intermedial and interpersonal entanglements.

The poster series takes up the movement of the animation, in which elements distort in a block-like or object-like manner.

The Set Up is a group event with sound, performances and dance – also by students of the Electronic Media Department at HfG Offenbach. It takes place at Studio Naxos and accompanies the exhibition Object Mode.

Letterfrack

Letterfrack is a village in the west of Ireland with a magnificent view, no matter the perspective. So, I decided to create letters that could be read from different points of view. I started with tiny blocks of wood, which soon grew to 1.2m tall letters, and spread them around the village.

Tangible Graphic Design – Posters

This project started as an experimental research project to investigate the possibility of implementing 3D printing in typography to enable new typographic experiences using emerging technology. 3D printed text amplified visual and physical interactions. Digital fabrication techniques play a crucial role in turning intangible ideas into tangible design products, and also become an agent to build a strong connection between analog and digital environments. A series of posters are made for a presentation.

BEGREIFEN UND BERÜHREND (Scan with Artivive)

Since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, our haptic world has been dominated by uniform, smooth touchscreens. However, a digital code cannot be physically touched, making it inherently difficult to interact with.
As the design process also increasingly takes place on computers, detached from physical materials, many products suffer from poorly designed tactility. As designers, however, it is our responsibility to consciously design tactile experiences, especially in these digital times.

The German title “Begreifen und berührend” could be translated to “Grasping and Touching” and highlights the multifaceted aspects of tactility in design.

Accidental Font as a World Structure

Accidental font designed on a grid. The chaotic arrangement of the links shows the complexity and intricacy of the structure of the entire functional integrity of the world and the creatures inhabiting it, while having a clear structure, the system of which absolutely everything consists, be it the brain or the human body, the universe, and so on. Everything is interconnected, each of us is a link in the vast universe and we are all connected. We are all part of a single whole.
The posters show the Russian and English alphabets and examples of its scaling

Handlettering Grunge Font

This work is inspired by Japanese characters, based on which a flat brush and black ink were chosen, similar to how it was done in Japan. The combination of lines of different pressure creates a feeling of free movement. I did not limit myself to the traditional standards of writing “Cyrillic”. Due to the free movement of the brush, the effect of the challenge is created. I boldly sneer at the orthodox writing of Cyrillic letters, achieving a grunge effect.

“You Are Enough”

My artistic creations are a confluence of typography and vibrant color palettes. With each piece, I aim to channel my emotions and unleash my creativity to craft a unique and expressive work. This philosophy is evident in my latest creation, “You are enough,” which is intended to communicate a powerful message of self-acceptance and empowerment. By presenting this artwork to the world, I seek to inspire viewers to embrace their authentic selves and avoid the pressure to conform to societal norms or expectations. My hope is that this work will encourage individuals to celebrate their unique identities and find solace in their individuality.

this type should be set in Hellvetica

Die Hellvetica entstand im Rahmen meiner Bachelor Arbeit und basiert auf theoretischen Themen wie Aneignung, Wiederholung, Kopie sowie Originalität und Autorschaft. Die weltweit verbreitetste Schriftart, die Helvetica, wurde als Grundlage genommen, um aus dieser systematisch und experimentell aufeinander aufbauende, neue Variationen und Versionen zu entwerfen. Mit der Absicht, sich gegen die herrschende und überholte Originalitätsmoral zu stellen, sowie ganz bewusst dem daraus resultierenden Zwang zu entgehen und im Einklang mit der menschlichen Natur und dem alltäglichen künstlerischen Schaffen ein neues einzigartiges Originalwerk – gerade durch Wiederholung und Aneignung – zu erschaffen.

The Retreat, a dance performance

The Retreat, a dance performance, depicts the understanding of the concept of “ Otherness”. When one understands to confront and embrace themselves; boundary is formed and oneself would realize the otherness that lies outside their territory. Throughout the performance, each dancer gradually experiences the impact of their movements towards the environment and others. This concept has been brought upon to the process of design. Typography in this design works parallel with the dancers. Wicked and experimental forms of types are open for interpretation in hope of stimulating the audience’s curiosity and somewhat defining “otherness” in their perspective.

Typeface Remixes & Remakes

Der Inhalt zweier Original-Letraset-Folien wurde analog von Hand dekonstruiert und neu kombiniert. So entstand ein analoger Remix, welcher sodann digitalisiert und in diversen Remake-Bildern zur individuellen Anwendung kam; hier repräsentativ als populäres „Keep calm and…“ Poster sowie als kurzes Video. Der Letraset-Bogen der Hawthorn und der Avantgarde-Gothic wurde durch ein festes Prinzip gemischt / geremixt, woraus sodann eine neue Schriftart die „TRR“ entstand.

A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems

In 1961, french writer Raymond Queneau and designer Robert Massin published “A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems”.
It is a piece of experimental literature: 10 poems are printed—each on its own page—and each of their verse is cut, making it possible to combine verses and create your own original poem. Since there are 14 verses to each 10 poems, it makes up for a combinatorial potential of 10 to the power of 14: a hundred thousand billion potential poems.
I furthered this approach with typography: using the same poems, I cut further into the text to make of it an atextual image, designing a pixel blackletter to weave the text and resulting in a combinatorial potential of 10 to the power of 9588.

SPIN – 3D printed Parametric Sculptural Type

This series of three-dimensional sculptural letterforms are created with Rhino, computer-aided design (CAD) software, and Grasshopper 3D, a visual programming language run within Rhino. Grasshopper is a parametric modeling tool that allows a robust and systematic new way of designing complex geometry. SPIN letterforms are 3D printed with corn-based bioplastic and are 1260mm (4ft) tall. When installed in a gallery, they spin infinitely.