Serifs & Sans

Aged Typeface Used for a Monument
Charismatic and Beautiful Packaging Design for Project Charisma
Metal Textured Branding Design for an Architectural Metal Material

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST

Typeface for a World War II Monument by Akos Polgardi

From the Designer: I was commissioned to design a custom typeface for a World War II monument at Eötvös Loránd University commemorating the university’s students and professors who fell victim to the war. The names of the victims, along with their most important biographical data, were CNC-milled into bronze rods built into the facades of the school’s buildings at its Trefort Garden campus. The stripe is 1 cm in height and 200 meters in length, featuring the names of 198 victims in 9454 characters. 180 kg of bronze have been used.

A number of formal limitations imposed upon the design process by the technique of milling strongly determined the typeface’s character. As a result, Trefort Grotesk is a unicase, mono-line, condensed sans serif featuring open counters, some stenciled glyphs, and as few stroke joints as possible. Apart from type design I was responsible for designing various print collateral as well as the website of the project.

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Charismatic and Beautiful Packaging Design for Project Charisma

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:30 PM PST

Beautiful Packaging Design for Project Charisma – Aurora and Ross by Ken Lo

From the Designer: Aurora is the northern lights, a beautiful and natural scene in the night sky. She is the symbol of mysterious and fascinating charisma.

Ross is red. She is associated with the color of love, passion, romance, enthusiasm, confidence and courage.

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