Part of the Band Type + Photo Explorations
This project aims to use typographic iterations to explore the lyrics of "Part of the Band" by The 1975. The work pairs black and white photography with text compositions creating a interplay between letterforms and shades of gray. The final deliverable is a set of 5.5 x 10 inch double sided cards designed for print. The compositions showcase a fusion of distinct linguistic, typographic, and conceptual principles. This includes: explorations that accentuate formal type principles - influencing our perception of text, explorations which emphasize the mechanics of type - shaping our reading experience and explorations interpreting the lyrical content - influencing our understanding of the text. To complement these, I created a series of black and white photographs using a double exposure effect, resulting in moody visuals that undergo intimate shifting transformations and tell a story alongside the distorted lyrics.
This Project Involved:
Photography
Typography
Print Design
Experimental Work
Client:
Class Project
This expressive type project allowed me to experiment with different possibilities at a new level. It was fun to break out of structured rules and deliver a piece of work that feels more unbounded in a strange way. Unlike my usual informative and structured approach to type, this project offered a cool alternative. It provided an intriguing lens through which to understand a song on a deeper level, like a visual annotation of sorts. I feel like it opened my mind to new possibilities with type and has also inspired me to work with more type-dominant designs in the future.