Changing Perspectives 環境タイポグラフィ by Haley Tebo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in グラフィックス・イラストレーション・ビジュアルコミュニケーションデザイン Competition Category.
銅グラフィック· 2020
Changing Perspectives 環境タイポグラフィ
by Haley Tebo
Client: Haley Tebo
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in グラフィック Category
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The Design
About Changing Perspectives 環境タイポグラフィ
「Changing Perspectives（視点の変化）」は、大学のアート棟のガラスパネルのために制作された環境タイポグラフィのインスタレーションです。文字のかたちはフロスト加工のビニールから切り出され、人々が通り過ぎるにつれて整列し、読み取れるメッセージとなって現れます。メッセージはどちらの方向からも読むことができるため、鑑賞者は立ち止まり、また移動しながら文章を完成させていきます。各文字の高さはおよそ30〜60センチで、鑑賞者との距離に応じて変化します。パネルを透過する光は、文字のかたちを影や反射として繰り返し映し出します。このインスタレーションは、キャンパスを行き交う人々をタイポグラフィとの対話へと誘います。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Changing Perspectives 環境タイポグラフィは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Changing Perspectives 環境タイポグラフィは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Changing Perspectives 環境タイポグラフィは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This interactive installation compels the viewer to move in such a way to view the piece differently. As people walk by, the shapes align to form a message, which can be read walking from either direction. Installed on an art building at a university, the piece can be viewed from inside the gallery or across campus and draw people to it. The lighting also reflects the shapes of the typography in the form of shadows and reflections.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Each letter of the design is approximately 1-2 feet tall, varying with distance from the viewer.
- Tags
- Environmental typography, interaction design, user experience, typography, graphic design,
- Production Technology
- Adobe software was used to create slides that were then projected onto the building. The projector was placed on a ladder at eye-height so it would be convenient for onlookers walking by to read. The shapes were traced with china marker then covered with frosted vinyl and cut out.
- Design Challenge
- After choosing an approved concept, we addressed the installation process. We could digitally cut out the letters, but they might not align correctly, or we could project it so the alignment was perfect, but would have to cut them by hand. After taping up a to-scale proof of the estimated warp we decided to project the letters because they did not align in the proof. The projection then needed to be done at night and required ladders, multiple extension cords, and for the fountain to be drained.
- Research
- Researching existing projects inspired aspects of this design but also allowed it to be unique. Scouting local areas to find an optimal environment for the typography, we chose to install on campus for convenience and because of having a strong concept for the space, which included a well thought-out quote that could be read from either direction. The area was measured so a digital mockup could be done to scale. The design was very well received as people complimented it as it was being installed.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by environmental typography installations that use perspective in a way that the words can only be read from one spot, we wanted to bring this somewhere where a lot of people could interact with typography. We were inspired by the potential we saw in the fountain in front of the our university's art building and the vertical glass panels above it. We used the dimensions of these panels to inform the choice of Helvetica Condensed and people walking from both directions to choose the quote.
- Project Duration
- Research for this project started in late April 2019. Installation lasted for two weeks in May 2019.
- Operation Flow
- This installation is unique because it is put into movement as the viewer walks by, compelling them to pause and align themselves with the piece in order to read it. The space builds anticipation as the viewer must move themselves to read the next half of the message. The typography tells a story that parallels the environment it is in, achieving mutual enhancement of the design and the environment.
- Team Members
- Angeli Leong
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Professor Wade Lough, 2019
Image #2 : Professor Wade Lough, 2019
Video Credits : Angeli Leong
Quote used is by Wayne Dyer
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