Layout Design

'it's all about me!' (helvetica style)

"it's all about me!'' I created this design at college, for an entry design to advertise the Art and Design end of year show. I combined text and image, using Helvetica cutouts with the images of my fellow students who's work was displayed in the end of year show. Unfortunately this design wasn't chosen, but i loved creating the design and taking the photos used was fun in itself! 'Pose guys....' I got my inspiration for this design wandering around Times Square, ankle deep in snow over Christmas 2007. As the 'arty one' out of the group of friends i was holidaying with i found my self more interested in visiting the art gallery's and the attractive text that kept appearing on the subway signs than shopping!

Oblivious to the museum exhibitions at the time, I visited the MOMA where a huge exhibition was celebrating 50 years of Helvetica, then continued on to the Guggenheim where the gallery was taken over by an exhibition by Richard Prince in which a large amount of his work displaying whitty jokes, typed in Helvetica. Aside from the sunset view from the Empire State building, visiting these two exhibitions was definatly the high point of my holiday. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=4506

After reterning to college i had ideas flowing for my 'it's all about me!' designs. And after much development i finished the brief with a selection of brightly coloured, Helvetica image based designs!!