Neue Helvetica
It’s difficult to have a series of typographic posters and not include Helvetica in the mix.
The concept was to show Neue Helvetica as a cure-all for all your typographic challenges.
Historical Popularity
This poster highlights the contrasting style of a historically popular initial capital that is reminiscent of the 16th – 19th Centuries, with that of the 20th Century.
Sensual Scrap
I was working on a project that involved quite a bit of delicate cutting, and the resulting scraps were simply too interesting to discard without documentation. The thin curves of the paper scraps reminded me of a capital script S, so I included a hand-cut 5 inch letter and photgraphed them together — resulting in the main visual for this poster.
Juvenile Detention
This poster was a response to the overabundance of bad graffiti that I see daily around the city. Then in a satirical act of self-defiance, I vandalized my own poster — which seemed oddly appropriate considering the subject matter.
Simply Grotesk
For this piece I wanted to create a visual that was fundamental, beautiful and grotesque (a play on its word pronunciation). Due to a registered trademark, the typeface is not directly named.
American Typewriter
For this poster, I combined images of my 1960s manual typewriter with the typefaceAmerican Typewriter. Independent of each other, the original typewriter letterforms and American Typewriter have similarities, but the two would never be confused for each other. However, once American Typewriter was paired with the physical typewriter for the poster final, they integrated almost seamlessly.
Capline
This poster brings attention to the typographic term capline, which refers to an imaginary horizontal line that marks the height of capital letters. Note: 20 adult style beverages aided in the concepting and execution of this piece.
[ All work & images © Tom Davie, studiotwentysix2 ]
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Above is a sampling of the rich annual crop of conceptually driven typographic posters by artist, design educator and award-winning graphic designer Tom Davie. See more of this collection here. These printed beauties are available for purchase at Society6.
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