LA COLOMBIA
Type Design // Colombian culture
The Colombia font is inspired by Colombia's culture and typographic traditions. A trip there gave me the opportunity to immerse myself in this culture, and to transcribe its main characteristics into a unique typeface. Round counterforms and apertures in rectangles with slightly rounded edges recall 20th century typefaces used for commercials in Latin America. The almost triangular serifs are inspired by pre-Columbian drawings of lizards and other small animals. The result is a font imbued with the dynamic and creative spirit of Colombia.
BOLD TYPE FOUNDRY
As part of my diploma project, I worked around the combination of typography, furniture design, and product design. Within the context of a graphic design studio, the aim was to create furniture based on custom-designed typefaces.
Inspired by the early twentieth century myth of «Total Art», my project advocates an absolute formal balance between living spaces and graphic design. A return to the Bauhaus era as it was originally imagined by Walter Gropius !
Thus, my letter is an object, and my object is a letter.
A speaker // 3-SPEAKER
60 x 25 x 40 cm, loud-speaker in powder-coated aluminium
A lamp // 1 - LAMP
30 x 40 x 15 cm, lamp in stainless steel and grey brushed metal