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Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt by Paul Robb and Moira Bartoloni

Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt by Paul Robb and Moira Bartoloni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Silver in Grafik-, Illustrations- och Visuell Kommunikationsdesign Competition Category.


SilverGrafik· 2022

Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt

by Paul Robb and Moira Bartoloni

Client: S6 Foundry

A' Design Award i Silver Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt

Alskar sans är ett elegant och modernt brett sans serif typsnitt med starka stilistiska geometriska autentiska kontraster, som drar på estetiken och representerar den skiftande samtida estetiken. Typexemplaret trycktes som en tidning A2 (vikt och skickat som A4) och presenterar typsnittet med en modern känsla och upplevelse.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Silver

Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt är vinnare av A' Design Award i Silver, ett utomordentligt prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, hänförande och imponerande designverk i toppskiktet. Silvervinnare är oerhört briljanta och utomordentligt kreativa verk som illustrerar sina formgivares enastående expertis, talang och skarpsinne. Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt förväntas vara ett underbart paradexempel som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och djupt innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Silver är en mycket uppmärksammad, beundrad uppfinning som gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Type Specimen Alskar Typsnitt är en skapelse som avundas starkt, som väcker längtan, förmedlar positiva känslor och väcker förundran och häpnad.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Alskar sans is an elegant contemporary wide sans serif typeface with strong stylistic geometric authentic contrasts, drawing on the aesthetics and representing the shifting contemporary aesthetics. The type specimen was printed as a newspaper A2 (folded and sent as A$) and presents the type face with a modern feel and experience.
Dimensions & Packaging
The project was designed in A2 spreads, folded to A4
Tags
Font design, Branding, Identity, Type design
Production Technology
The final specimen was printed on newspaper stock in CMYK
Design Challenge
The challenge was to interpret mainly an architectural movements and design a typeface that would visually feel correct within that genre.
Research
We researched the Brutalist movement in both architectural and visual arts.
Inspiration
The inspiration for the typeface was to design a character set with a contemporary feel with a strong aesthetic feel of the Brutalist movement. The idea was to develop a versatile font that would give the right visual consistencies to brand ranging from high fashion to artistic communications
Project Duration
The type face was developed from September 2021 and release January 2022.
Operation Flow
The specimen was sent to existing and potential design customers.
Team Members
Paul Henry robb
Moira Bartoloni
Image Credits
Paul Henry Robb

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