In Typography, we were commissioned to make a piece of art entirely out of text. I initially made a map of Chicagoland out of names (streets, towns, etc.) but it turned out a bit convoluted and busy. I did however, really like what I did for the label. For this, I wrote out ‘Chicago’ in Goudy Old Style with a really thin stroke to use as a guide. I then wrote out the alphabet in the same font and dragged, dropped, and manipulated the letters around the guide until the negative space itself looked like the word. Since this design was no longer part of the map, I tried to think of a product/publication that uses ‘Chicago’ and thought of Chicago Magazine. I’ll incorporate this into an cover mock-up as well as a table of contents. I can’t really see the actual publication using a logo this complex, but perhaps they could use it for a special, art-oriented issue. More to come next week.
