Almost satisfied

Here we go. with some minor edits, i think this has come a long way!

Insanity

I feel I need to start posting about my process in design; more for myself and evaluating how critical I can or need to be about my work. After several weeks of intense analysis of type I realize how having a fortified development process for whatever I do is beneficial in all senses. Here are some lock ups of a new logo I'm working on for the International Rescue Committee:

Here, I'm trying to achieve maximum ledgability.
If you can tell the differences between these two,
I commend you.

Before I came down to using Franklin Gothic for the logo type, I went through hundreds of fonts and typefaces (as some of you have seen). This is the culmination of 5 weeks of research and its only the beginning!

Animal Farm

Here's a quick exercise in typography applied to classic books:



I actually had to make the weather vane out of illustration board, which I took photos of:

Type Portraits

Here are some crazy flash animations Janel found using type to create famous people. Its pretty awesome! Just click the link under each picture to view.

John Lennon

Helvetica

Bob Dylan

Biggie Smalls