Another Illustration for article!

Okay here is another illustration I've been working on for the project, I'm very happy with this one as its of Michael Bierut himself. I like the colours I've used here to create a nice soft and vibrant illustration of him

Illustrations

Here are the illustrations I've done for my article so far, They were created and drawn using a tablet and coloured. Im very happy at the outcome of these illustrations and will be adding them into indesign later to layer up my article layout.

Magazine Research creative layouts

For this project I've began researching into magazine layouts that combine all visual aspect like illustration, type, colour and layout design. This layout are a few if the layouts i've been looking at each has been composed creatively for visual impact and will help me grasp the dynamics of magazine layouts.

Magazine Research Illustrative layouts

The Helvetica Movie

In the interview from Type Radio Bierut talks about his involvement in the Helvetica Movie and I found a clip of his part in it.

In the clip he talks about when the Helvetica revolution came about and the typical type the fifties had before the use of Helvetica.

THE NOTE BOOK

Michael Bierut is noticeable known for his humongous build up of notebooks starting from his first in August 12, 1982. He explains that a notebook is like a security blanket for him and he feels list with out one with him even if he doesn't open it. Looking through some of his work it seems that he does quite a lot of rough sketches in them, some of which are the final outcomes in his projects.

Michael Bierut is very passionate with his work and had a great knack for lecturing that makes his talk very interesting. His personality and charisma also shine through in his writing on the design observer website that really helped me get a feel for his character.

Bierut Typography work

Quite a lot of his typography work is black and white and very dynamic and if not black and white he uses a simplistic colour palette. These example of type are very layered and effective in composition.