Bla Bla Serif Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.
ParahiWhakairoiro· 2023
Bla Bla Serif Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi
by Paul Robb
Client: S6 Foundry
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Whakairoiro Category
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The Design
About Bla Bla Serif Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi
Ko Bla Bla he momo momotuhi serif o naianei i whakaaweahia e nga ahua nanakia, e whakaatu ana i nga porotiti tuwhera nui, me nga ahua kopikopiko, porowhita, ka hanga i te ahua hou & huinga glyph huatau. Ko nga pihi waro me nga tukurua ngawari ka hanga i nga ahua kaha me te pai. I hangaia hei whanau hou huatau he tino pai mo nga kaupapa whakawhitiwhiti korero me te waitohu. Kei ia taumaha neke atu i te 700 nga reta me nga huinga reta me nga huinga tau me etahi atu glyphs me nga hononga hono.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Bla Bla Serif Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Bla Bla Serif Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Bla Bla Serif Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Bla Bla is a contemporary serif typeface inspired by brutalist forms, featuring large open counters, and curved, round forms, creating a modern & elegant glyph set. The organic curves with gentle repetitions create powerful and harmonious forms. Designed to be a stylish modern family it is perfect for communication and branding projects.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The typeface is available in TTF, OTf and WOFF formats and printed on newsprint in CMYK
- Tags
- Font design, Branding, Identity, Type design, Type Specimen
- Production Technology
- The typeface was first hand drawn and developed in Glyphs.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to develop something completely new ad brutalism is more synonymous with sans fonts, so developing a new language and approach to a stylist serif typeface.
- Research
- One of the hardest parts of the design was translating architecture into a serif typeface. Through the study of sections and observations of light and shadow upon building structures we were able to identify forms that developed the shapes of the serif.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the typeface is in brutalist forms. Taking that inspiration from the ideas of architectural forms and developing it into a serif typeface, using forms and a mathematical grid.
- Project Duration
- The typeface was developed in 2022
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Paul Henry Robb, 2022
- Team Members
- Paul Henry Robb
- Image Credits
- Copyright 2022 Paul Henry Robb
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