1. Architectural Alphabet

    Ryan Hearst Building

    Debra Landmark Building

    Above, top to bottom: Ryan Quigley used Norman Foster’s new Hearst Tower as a modular grid for his series of letters. Debra Pitel modelled her letterforms after Jean Nouvel’s distinctive window voids used in his unfinished Landmark Lofts project.

    Design a full alphabet (A–Z) in response to a well-known building. Prepare a 17”W x 11”H ring-bound presentation book that explains your solution step-by-step.

    This assignment is from the class Typographic Research.

    16 May 2008 — Assignments Education