Posters: Lyrical Landscape
Typography
Though the authors come from diverse backgrounds, their poems share a common thread—each one carries a sense of hope and belief in a brighter future. My designs reflect this shared optimism while honoring their unique voices.
Who are they?
At the beginning of the project, I did a research to understand their backgrounds and their contributions. I then drafted a Venn diagram and listed out the characteristics and what they have in common. This helped shape a visual direction that highlights their shared identity and message.
Their Stories
Experimental Typographic Freeplay
During the freeplay session, I printed keywords that represent each author's characteristics in their poems. I used transparent glass materials, like vases, bowls, and cups, to create an effect that linked the keywords with the authors' reflections and their journeys through personal challenges
Sketching
From my freeplay, I created sketches and used typography along with images to create different concepts for the poster series
Source Code Variable is a monospaced font, which means every letter and symbol takes up the same amount of space. Its design shows growth as something that happens little by little, so it works well to represent each author’s journey of growing and improving.
To choose colors for the posters, I asked: "How can colors show emotions and mood?" I found that each poet’s work had its own palette—blue for sorrow in Anais Duplan, pink for passion in Eve Ewing, and green and brown for peace in Aime Cesaire.
Final Work