OUGD403 Visual Thinking Alphabet Soup: Typeface

I am required to design a typeface for a full alphabet and glyphs that represent the personality/character of my partner.

The partner I received is Danielle Muntyan.

We got into our pairs and filled out a simple questionnaire about each other.

I didn't find these questions very helpful in understanding her personality so we had a further discussion about each others interests, character and traits.

I found this image on Danielle's Facebook profile. I think it must of been a similar activity she did at previous education. 

I have highlighted the main points of her personality to give me a starting point to conduct my research.


Character 

• Loud
• Opinionated 
• Friendly
• Organised chaos
• Spanish/Italian/Hungarian/Ukrainian heritage 
• Sociable
• Confident
• Feminine 
• Glamorous 

Danielle's character traits need to be represented with a bold, eye catching font that also has a feminine touch.

The font I chose to manipulate is nouvelle vague. I have chosen this font because it combines bold with thin stokes which I think represents Danielle's personality really well.  She's a small person with a big, bold personality thats complimented with a feminine touch.

Interests 

• Cake decorating 
• Baking
• Tattoos 
• Piercings 
• Digital collage- Dawn Gardener 
• Patterns 
• Textures 
• Fashion 

My initial idea is to design a typeface that incorporates fashion and pattern designs from the countries of Danielle's heritage: Spain, Italy, Hungary and Ukraine. 


Inspiration/Research

 These are pictures of cakes that Danielle has made. If I could incorporate them into my designs I think it would add a nice personal touch. 

These two images are Danielle's work from previous studies.

 I sourced these two images from Danielle's instagram profile. The pattern on the shoes is something I could incorporate into my designs.


These designs are by Dawn Gardener which is Danielle's Favourite designer. The patterns are Aztec but the style of design is relevant to what I have in mind.

Aztec Pattern design by Dawn Gardener

http://dawngardnerdesign.com

Ukraine

Coat of Arms of Ukraine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#Weaving_and_embroidery

http://rushnychok.org.ua/e-index.html

The ukraine designs seem to focus on repeat patterns.



Hungary

Coat of Arms of Hungary 

http://www.needlenthread.com/2011/05/hand-embroidery-pattern-hungarian-design-6.html

http://thetextileblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/hungarian-flower-embroidery.html

http://pinterest.com/thetextileblog/embroidery-design/

The Hungarian designs heavily features flowers and floral patterns. 


Spain

Coat of Arms of Spain

http://www.lascauxtile.net/id18.html

http://www.eightyonedesign.co.uk/pattern-design-inspiration-from-spain/

http://carorose.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/04/spanish-embroidery-patterns.html

http://urbannanna.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/thats-intriguing-spanish-style-beyond.html

The spanish designs seem to be a lot simpler with some nice curves.

Italy

Emblem of Italy

http://www.dragonbear.com/sample1.html

http://www.dragonbear.com/sample1.html

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72077155/scrapbooking-collage-book-card

http://www.needlenthread.com/2007/12/online-needle-lace-book-with-lots-of.html

http://designergirlee.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/italian-renaissance-symbolsmotifs/

These italian designs have much more detail in.
Typefaces

Incorporating the detail into the letterforms is something I want to experiment with.

I like how sections inside the letterforms are white. This is how I want my letterforms to look.

http://www.designshard.com/inspiration/amazing-floral-typography-inspiration/

http://woodtyper.com/date/2009/09

http://woodtyper.com/date/2009/09

This 'A' has a nice feminine style which is one Danielle's character traits.

http://www.handmadefont.com/amer-pattern.php

http://www.carolsogard.com/2011_04_01_archive.html