· Beasley Street by John Cooper Clark ·
· The Brief ·
Part 1: Understand
· Analyze the Poem ·
Firstly, I read through the poem and tried to find out some words that I could turn to visuals while figuring out the meaning of some words with the help of my tutor.
Part 2: Play
· Visual References ·
After analyzing the poem, I took reference of post-punk style and Saul Bass’s use of color blocks. As for the fonts choice, I borrowed books about stencil and hand-writing fonts from WSA library.
· Moodboard ·
· Color Scheme ·
· Sketches & Storyboards ·
Part 3: Amplify
· Final Outcome ·
Reference Books
[1]Bass, J., Kirkham, P. and Bass, S. (2011). Saul Bass : a life in film & design. London: Laurence King.
[2]Carson, D. and Blackwell, L. (2000). The end of print : the graphic design of David Carson. London: Laurence King.
[3]Heller, S. and Fili, L. (2017). Stencil type. London: Thames And Hudson.
[4]Heller, S. and Talarico, L. (2018). Free hand : new typography sketchbooks. New York: Abrams.
[5]Kiesswetter, J. (2010). Typo lyrics : the sound of fonts. Basel: Birkhäuser.
[6]Huygen (2013). Jurriaan Schrofer (1926-90). Restless typographer. Amsterdam: Nijhof & Lee.