The work is based on the outcome of the 36daysoftype challenge on instagram. The difference from other type projects is that only one letter was designed per day instead of designing a group of letters from the beginning. I started early to make variants of each letter though, which makes the typeface more versatile and flexible to use. I experimented with simple and geometric shapes and reused those shapes for the following letter whenever possible. The typeface grew slowly and became playful, funny and funky. Since I love playing with colors as well, color became another important element in the series for 36daysoftype.
Bloom
Bloom – Symbolises the rejuvenation and growth of our togetherness as a nation in these unprecedented times. It is also a thank you to all the NHS staff and key workers who have unselfishly put others first.
Bloom was an animated artwork as part of a photo project celebrating ‘stories of hope’ from the NHS that screened at London’s Piccadilly Circus.
The project was curated by ‘The People’s Picture’ showcased more than 12,000 photos and stories of key workers, carers, patients and NHS staff.
Various Artists
feat. Thyme, Basil, Parsley, Artichoke, Orchidea, Gerbera, fern, wood, gras, sage, money tree, anthurium, lamiacea, flamingo flower & glas.
Double Meaning Queen – Alio™ Pro Type Specimen
This is a type specimen poster for the Alio™ Pro typeface. We would like to showcase the unique design of the letters – inspired by sleek sans serifs and flowing cursives – to create fun vibes.
Tabelle 2 zu “Auf der Leitung stehen”
The table displays daily recorded telephone times of a relationship and structures them according to a colour code.
Neon Sun Beam
Color and type is a powerful combination. At the same time, the elementary and serving character of typography usually requires a limitation to a single color. That is why the design of polychrome (multi color) fonts is still a niche. The polychrome font TR Grind contains 12 layers that can be colored and combined in any way. The character is inspired by wood type styles, geometric patterns and modernist shapes. Depending on the configuration of the layers, the font conveys a variety of tones. TR Grind is currently designed as an uppercase font which includes a Latin Extended character set.
Tabelle 1 zu “Auf der Leitung stehen”
The table displays daily recorded telephone times of a relationship and structures them according to a colour code.
Synesthetic Trip
A visualization of synesthetic perception. A feeling of an unbearable connection between months of the year and colors. My interpretation of how words, letters, numbers and shapes can trigger a vivid color experience.
Cubio™ Mono Type Specimen
Here’s a type specimen poster for the Cubio™ Mono font family from R9 Type+Design. With the hexagonal silhouette as our inspiration, we applied this angular form through all aspects. This includes the overall look of the letters, patterns and icons to the terminal of each letter stem.
Colour Animé
I have explored how fields of flat colours change, interact and become three-dimensional depending on the relation to one another.
The Art of Typography – Aldero™ Type Specimen
This book spread was created as a type specimen for our latest typeface, Aldero™. With five weights, ten styles and 1,100+ glyphs per style, this font family is excellent as a display type and legible and readable in small sizes.
SculptPuzzle
The SculptPuzzle is part of a process (see also Colour Animé poster) where I had a wish to create patterns to interact and build with. I experimented with one shape (based on a square divide in four) to make flat colour patterns and three-dimensional puzzle sculptures with.
I explored how flat shapes could translate into three-dimensional shapes. I explore how colours change depending on relation to one another and depending on the light that hit it.
(Hand-painted plywood)
Photo by Sara Danielsson
Snacking samurai
A humorous illustration showing that anyone could find the time for some snacks to elevate their mood.
FOMO
A humorous attempt at visualising FOMO (fear of missing out) in the form of a typographic illustration.
Color-Sculptures/Farbskulpturen
Color-Sculptures is a free photographic work about caducity and the short time in between which we can’t see without technical help of artificial light. The Sculptures, which are made of Red and White Paint, only exists for about 1/8000 of a sec.
Blow the cartridge
This illustration was inspired by nostalgia for old video games. As a kid, when I had my Super Nintendo console, sometimes the cartridge wouldn’t work, and you had to take it out, blow in it and try again. Usually that would resolve the issue. It’s a reminder of simple, carefree times, when all the problems were so miniscule, even though they seemed like a big deal.
Magnet
Magnet is Frere-Jones Type’s first font release from an external designer. Inga Plönnig is an independent type designer based in Berlin, and probably one of the most promising new designers to enter the type design field in recent years. Thats why the team at Frere-Jones Type is very excited to have Magnet as their first externally-designed font release.
Apart from being struck by Magnet’s beautiful rhythm and shape, Frere-Jones Type could see that Inga’s mix of intuition and analysis made a natural fit with their retail library, and they hope to showcase more work of emerging designers going forward.
Magnet is an energetic and intriguing sans-serif family. Its family structure is unconventional, offering an extra compressed Headline and a workhorse Standard under the same name—effectively two families combined.
Magnet Headline creates a dazzling pattern of tightly packed shapes, which is amplified further in the Slanted and Backslanted styles. Magnet Standard is the quieter sibling, which carries its own flair with deeply cut notches and unusual turns of weight. Its boxy curves take well to dense setting and tight line spacing. Through years of experimenting with rigid patterns and organic details, Inga has created a family that is both surprising and reliable.
Magnet
Foundry: Frere-Jones Type
Designer: Inga Plönnigs (with contributions by Nina Stössinger)
Release: January 2021
Styles: Two Sans-Serif Families: extra compressed Headline (upright, slanted, backslanted) and Standard (5 weights from Light to Black with Italics)
Formats: OTF, WOFF, WOFF2 and TTF (other formats on request)
Price: $ 50.– per Style, $ 325.– for the Complete family, $ 125.– for Headline styles, $ 250.– for Standard styles
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Scenes from the disco
Love, pain and hope are close together.
These are photos taken with fluorescent body colours and UV light.
Musst Du Dein Leben ändern?
The MINDSNAKE poster series combines photography and quotes from literature or songs. This one refers to Peter Licht’s Song about Rainer Maria Rilke’s quote DU MUSST DEIN LEBEN ÄNDERN.
Macht Denken traurig?
The MINDSNAKE poster series combines photography and quotes from literature or songs. This one refers to George Steiner’s book WARUM DENKEN TAURIG MACHT.
Ava’s quest
My photos tell stories. In the present case it is Ava White and her adventures. She follows an inner call and sets out on a journey into her own lower regions. A battle rages within Ava, between good and evil. First, she must face the demons of herself in order to recreate. She steps out of her familiar surroundings, sets into a new world, and finally saves herself. My photos are about longings and fantasies that want to be lived. Without kitsch, people would be sad.
R.E.S – Music Festival
RES stands for “entropy sound response”, an alternative solution to music festivals in uncertain times.
A project driven by promoters, cultural activists and music lovers. A reshaped music experience for limited crowds was located at the enormous Fira Sabadell, using just 5% of its capacity to offer a secure live music experience for pandemic times.
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Beyond nature. (Poster Series, Part 3)
Erde am Limit / Earth at it Limits
The whole spectrum of colors is used for this poster campaign for the exhibition «Earth at it Limits».