Poster Series
Typography II 2024
Lyricism Unbound: Ohio's Poetic Threads
The focus of this project was to create a series of three posters that not only advertise an event, but also draw the viewer in through unexpected typography, showcasing three talented poets. The method utilized was meant to reflect the creative concept. My event involved these three influential writers: Russell Atkins, Kari Gunter Seymour, and Yalie Saweda Kamara.
Inspiration
"Word Play" and Experimentation
For a lot of my experimentation I chose to focus on Inversion which I did by using cut out and folded letters to distort and convey the idea of “unbound”.
Concept Sketching
Type Exploration
Iterations
Various typography techniques such as staggering, folding, cutting out, and visual manipulation were experimented with, but the primary focus was on cutting individual letters and seeing the shadows they can create. This process aimed to achieve a light, lyrical, and airy visual effect.
Color and Type
Final
Final concept for this project was focused on showing the theme “lyricism”. I wanted to convey this theme using images, streaks of light and airy color. Something all three of these poets have in common is they push semantic meaning in their writing which I connected to the term “Unbound”. How they not only think outside the box and create their own unique style of writing but how they tell stories of not letting society put them in a box, they are unbound, they get to tell their truth.
