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Week 1 – Methods of Iterating

Week 1 – Methods of Iterating

While researching artists who use creative coding and generative processes in their work, I discovered Dennis Hoelscher, a motion, graphic, and environmental designer based in Cologne. I was immediately drawn to the materiality of his work, specifically his emphasis on modern Swiss typography and experimental textural pieces.
Category : Methods of Iterating, Unit 1 - Methods
Week 2 – Methods of Translating

Week 2 – Methods of Translating

In response to last week’s feedback and Gabriela’s workshop, I decided to take the project forward by creating a reader. Mainly borrowing from the visual language of the Russian Avant-garde, and using the 1925 picture book “Yesterday and Today” by Samuil Marshak and Vladimir Lebedev, as a starting point to prompt a dialogue around progress, technology and waste.
Category : Methods of Translating, Unit 1 - Methods
Week 1 – Methods of Translating

Week 1 – Methods of Translating

As I started looking at this week’s reading material, I found that the premises in “In Defence of the Poor Image” prompt me to explore archives of digitally collected content circulated through blogs and repositories. As I’m particularly interested in researching rare books and historical materials in connection to their cultural value, I found an interesting focus point on the Russian avant-garde and their use of the printed book as a vehicle for propaganda and masses education.
Category : Methods of Translating, Unit 1 - Methods
Week 2 – Methods of Cataloguing

Week 2 – Methods of Cataloguing

The initial approach was clear and reliable in a way, but this week I wanted to take my investigation further and dig deeper into the set's context. I started researching more about 19th century ornamental and typographic treatments, and I found most, if not all of the specimens, intrinsically connected to the European foundries of the time.
Category : Methods of Cataloguing, Unit 1 - Methods
Week 1 – Methods of Cataloguing

Week 1 – Methods of Cataloguing

This collection of Latin American Pamphlets from the 19th and early 20th century caught my attention as I'm particularly interested in typography, and it it's related to my own background. It was quite insightful to analyse the methods and content of this collection of written pieces. For this exercise I took a sample of 50 pamphlet covers found in the Harvard online library collection.
Category : Methods of Cataloguing, Unit 1 - Methods
Week 3 – Methods of Investigating

Week 3 – Methods of Investigating

Through this brief I've started to tap into the idea of creating printed artefacts as a method for investigating. Through gathering, collecting, sorting and decontextualising these pieces of information, I was able to explore their meaning and connections through the creation of a small publication.
Category : Methods of Investigating, Unit 1 - Methods
Week 2 – Methods of Investigating

Week 2 – Methods of Investigating

This week I started looking at collecting "unofficial" visual language, interpreting and reinterpreting places and people through graphic design. Following the feedback from our first tutorial, I decided to explore the Oxford Covered Marking looking at gathering my findings to produce a collection of local dialects and visual vernacular.
Category : Methods of Investigating
Week 1 -Methods of InvestigatingWeek 1 -Methods of Investigating

Week 1 -Methods of Investigating

While considering the many methods I could use to record and investigate the Oxford Covered Market, I decided to focus on four main approaches that would look at capturing a wide range of visual elements and interactions within the space. Below you can see my preliminary experiments and outcomes.
Category : Methods of Investigating, Unit 1 - Methods

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