First Day of PLAY (Typography)

We watched a surprisingly interesting video in class today about typeface recognition. I say the video was surprisingly interesting, because sometimes, most times, videos shown in class are snooze fests or horribly outdated. But this video made me really think about how I look at objects and what they can be transformed typographically. Andrew Byrom was giving a TED* Talks at UCLA about the different object inspirations and processes he used to create different typefaces. Face Recognition or Typeface Recognition is a methodology of finding letters or faces in every day objects.

 Do you see the face?

If you care to listen to his talk, here is the link
Andrew Byrom - UCLA TED* Talks

I'll give a few examples of Andrew Byrom's font creations.

We were then asked to get in small groups of 3-5 to explore the world for objects that could be also interpreted as letters. Feeling inspired, my group wandered outside of the Art and Design building until we discovered the metal yard. After rummaging and moving rusty, dirty, somewhat heavy objects, we built the assigned word, PLAY.