Motivations

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The motivations for my type work have to do with form and function. It is a study of type as an art form and as a functional and informational medium. My work is developed by inspiration from nostalgic objects or fads that I can translate into my type design. From the type design I want to take my type further as an installation or interactive piece in which the viewer can “play with” the pieces individually as a game and collectively as a function of type. I also want to investigate the uses of recyclable materials in my work because I want to investigate new ways of applying recyclables into design and how these materials further the product design.
Recyclable materials are another issue that I want to deal with in my type design. I feel that many of these materials have great form and texture that would inspire some of my type design, which would then translate into the installation work. The inspirations come from the idea that we as a society that consumes and throws away, needs to realize the use and function of recyclables. I would want to create a type that investigates the forms and there for could be made into an interactive installation that shows how all of these different materials could be put to use, and I think that type design is a great medium for this informational installation. It not only can express the meaning of what I want to communicate but also illustrate through the installation the beauty and use of these materials.
I want to further research fads of the 80s 90s and so on to investigate nostalgic objects that can be used in my type design. I enjoy the ability that type has to really effect the mood of the project, poster, etc (in this case an installation) showing the correlation of form and function in type.