Sincerely yours, — This 2011 Graphic Design show exhibits the work of nine graphic designers recently graduated from their Master's Degree at the London College of Communication. At a time when unemployment levels are soaring high and emerging professionals are struggling to find work, Sincerely Yours, represents an attempt to address the market by revisiting the clichés of the cover letter. Designed along with the eight other participants.
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Sincerely yours, — Signage and space organisation for the show.
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Design:Research — Visual identity, signage and catalogue for the LCC's 2011 Postgraduate Show. Designed by the LCC PG exhibition design team.
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(IN)VISIBLE WORDS — The project is based on an analysis of the English language contained in over 30 documents from everyday life. It results in a visual interpretation progressively focusing on the most commonly used and disregarded "other" words, such as the, of, and, to and finally aims to reveal some characteristic structural pattern and rhythm of language-in-use.
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(IN)VISIBLE WORDS — Book compiling the rhythmical structures of language originated from the analysis of 8 documents. Printed on pergamenata and tracing paper.
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(IN)VISIBLE WORDS — Book reporting the methodological process and research undertook around the subject of language syntactic anatomy and structure, in order to reveal patterns of the most commonly used words in the English language of everyday life.
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The Power of Short Words — Explorations around the etymology and semantics of the words the, of, and, to.
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Ulster — Posters promoting a talk about publishing practices from print to digital. The font has been re-worked through deleting parts of its outlines/counterforms and stands as an invitation to an instructive as well as constructive dialogue to take place during two days at the University of Ulster, Northen Ireland.
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Bastide — This new cultural space offers
a wide range of entertainments and activities. A pair of brackets embraces the name of this space in reference to the Fench expression "la parenthèse culturelle" (cultural parenthesis). The use of various counterforms mirrors the singular diversity of its cultural programme.
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Vasarely — Poster combining a work of art of Vasarely and a well-known font of the same period of time: Renner’s Futura. The cut in reproduction of the artwork reveals the name of the artist and refers to Op art visual games.
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Copyright © Elisabeth Bolzon 2011