Brief Ideas

Hi all,

I just have a few points/random ideas that I thought I would jot down in regards to the mags content.

From looking at some of the examples posted on the blog, I think it could be nice to play with the tactility of materials.

I was looking at the Ice Type example, the physical form of the ice and the process of melting to create type and think it presents a nice overall tactility to type, especially the process of creating it - something quite different and not entirely what you would expect.

Something like specifying materials that can be used may provide limitations and therefore more tight knit parameters that can be worked within. I think we need a few more limitations as at the moment there is a lot of freedom in what may be put into the magazine. Perhaps also having specific colours, such as Liz's suggestions of 'white on white' (in class) could be something interesting to play with to create an overall consistency within the publication. Perhaps there may be sections that are related to a set of specifications (this may be materials, use of only some letters, size, colour, site specific projects etc) and this could created a greater consistency?

We may be able to challenge the way in which type is created, like Ice Type and bring about something new.

Maybe we can use found materials that are site specific, for example we can take a room like a kitchen and bring out different materials used within the space, such as foil, baking paper, glad wrap etc and work with those types of materials to produce images and type - these could incorporate rituals associated with the material or it may challenge what it is used for and it's context.