WEEK 12: ZINE DRAFT
TASK 8.1 & 8.2
TASK 8.1
ZINE FIRST DRAFT
DRAFT ZINE: Placeholder Text
In order to determine the style and general composition of the zine, placeholder text was used in place of the finished content that will be featured in the zine.
The themes of each page were as follows:
P1) Cover page
P2&3) Overview
P4&5) Origin
P6&7) Contrast
P8&9) Layering
P10&11) Minimalism
P12&13) Typographic Texture
P14&15) Creativity and Flare
P16) Back Cover
TASK 8.2
CONTENT
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paper colour colour one colour two
FONTS:
GT America Trial BOLD ITALIC
GT America Trial REGULAR
Hanson BOLD
ZINE SECOND DRAFT
CONTENT
P1) Cover page
B R U T
P2&3) Overview
Brutalism and typography
(overview)
Brutalism design is obtrustive, unrefined and
seemingly clunky in nature. But the process of
creating this style of (anti) design is infact
very calculated and has become a growing
trend with the typographic designers circle.
It is a celebration of raw design, and creation
with no boundaries. The particular style is
quite polarising, some people adore its
industralistic qualities, while others
loathe it. I believe that this is what makes
the style so interesting to investigate.
P4&5) Origin
Brutalism design origins
The brutalism designer movement
did not originate within
typography or graphic design.
Brutalism began as an architecture
movement from the 50's to the 70's and aimed to reinvent what
architecture meant. It is said that
the brutalism architecture movement was born out of "raw concrete". Most brutalistbuildings were large, solid structuresthat were quite striped back and often made of concrete with little colour (Brutalist Design: The Bad Influence We All Need, 2018).
There are several crossovers between
the graphic design and industralised architecture versions of the
Brutalist style. Hence, it could be
assumed that the anti-design, and
minimalistic qualities of brutalism
design are exclusively dirivative of the early architecture.
Often very few colours
are used to mimick the sparce
industralised landscapes of brustalist
architecture. Moreover, strong, bolded
San Serif fonts are commonly
associated with brutalist graphic design.
P6&7) Contrast
Examples of contrast in brutalism
typographic design
BRUTALISM
DESIGN
DOES NOT
EXIST
WITHOUT
CONTRAST.
BOLDED TEXT
VS. LIGHT TEXT
BIG TEXT
VS. SMALL
COLOURED TEXT
VS. STANDARD
SOLID TEXT
VS. OUTLINE
P8&9) Layering
Layering in Brutalism Design
A KEY ATTRIBUTE OF
THE BRUTALISM STYLE IS
LOTS OF
LAYERS
LAYERS
LAYERS
LAYERS
THERE IS NO
EXPLANATION AS TO
WHY DESIGNERS HAVE
ADAPTED THIS INTO THE STYLE. IT COULD BE
TO RESEMBLE TO
VARIOUS LAYERS OF
BRUTALISTIC HIGH RISES.
OR MAYBE IT JUST
LOOKS COOL.
IT IS DEFINITELY
BECAUSE
IT LOOKS COOL.
P10&11) Minimalism
Minimalism in Brutalism Design
(SOMETIMES)
MINIMALISTIC
(ANTI)
DESIGN
P12&13) Typographic Texture
Texture in Brutalism Design
textural typography
textural typography
textural typography
textural typography
textural typography
P14&15) Extras
Misc. Brutalism Design
PLAYFUL DESIGN
SANS SERIF FONT
P16) Back Cover
this is the end.
