Claire Coullon
Field of Work: Graphic Design, Typography, Hand Lettering.
Co runs her own design company called Op45. Designs logos, Hand Lettering and branding. also interested in printed materials.
She is very interested in the concepts of language and understanding and written word, and how they intertwine and the depths of this:
"One of my main ongoing interests is considering the visual aspect of words and language — its relation to the content, nuances of speech and meaning, impact on communication, perception by different people and cultures"
Coullon, C. (2013) Claire Coullon Design and Typography: About, Available at: http://coullon.com/about.html, viewed on: 09/09/2013)
--->>Uses: pilot lettering pen and rotring art pen <<--
Don Cassaro
Field of Work: Typographer, Hand Lettering, Logo Design, speaker.
Has own company/studio The Studio of Dan Cassaro.
love rock and roll.
http://vimeo.com/34265345
Jon Contino
Field of Work: Illustrator and graphic designer
big corporations such as coco cola, new balance and many others, also AIGA and H&M and food organisations and a University.
lots of design awards in america.
skateboards, clothing, posters, promotional banners.
blurs boundaries between artistic unique hands on approach, and slick digital technological approach.
--->>his inspirations: Grotesk (Kimou Meyer), Ray Fenwick, Ken Barber, Ale Paul (black signs), Erik Manovich (calligraphy curvey), Serge Lowrider (t shirts, pop culture), Gemma o'brien(pen tattoo)<<---
-->>Jon interview http://www.gomediazine.com/insights/episode-15-the-final-days-before-wmc-fest-4-and-an-interview-with-jon-contino/<<<--
My notes on talk "Hangout with Jon Contino"
Madray, D (2013) Vue :20
Hangout with Jon Contino, available at: http://vue.hunie.co/hangouts/jon-contino/,
viewed on 10/09/2013.
Contino process
50% research, whatever he does. He loves it.
Get to be a historian, find out why and how and who was doing it. Always put a lot effort into researching. Good
chunk.
After learned from research, he has new skills and ideas and
ways of going about it.
Sketching stuff out, inking, then computer stuff.
Immersed in it, it flows naturally, after the research. The process
is much easier and much less headache.
Researching out makes a job more unique to the client.
Difuse different
styles:
Love late 1800’s early 1900’s – details, inconsistancies,
details that make unique and special looking
Soul bass, Swiss design – love clean, and modern and clever.
Putting them together makes a unique perspective.
You can dip in and out of different eras and styles - “Its a
lot of fun to be able to utilise all that as part of your skill set”
Whats your favourite
font?
Typography mad for years. Then let get self into hand
lettering and not looked back. Then forgot about typography so much!
Bodoni – really condensed, fat as can be. Or late 1800’s, hand-made stuff more so.
-->>Factories
used to make hand made designs for their logos <<--
Best advice for contemporary designers-
Your own style can feel watered down as once it’s out there,
there are others who are trying it or exploring it. Try new stuff. Got a lot better when used art and design to
please himself rather than pleasing others. Full attention, flesh it out. it starts with you.
Be looking at what others are doing, build on it, build on each other. pushing the industry forward.
Simon Walker
Field of Work: Hand Lettering
Notes from interview:
works at GSD&M (ad agency in Texas) and freelances in spare time.
now at level of recognition where people come to ask him to work for them.
his style is distinctive: black and white, bold, pressed ink appearance, influences appear to be 20's to 40's advertising signs.
How did he get into hand lettering?
Began from childhood seeping of hiphop influences and graffiti scene. Always into drawing but really was graffiti that thrust him into hand lettering world:
" I quickly caught onto the graffiti phenomenon and the idea that letterforms were organic and malleable and could be works of art in and of themselves." *
"Becoming involved in online communities such as dribbble and flickr opened up my world to a lot of other designers who were doing the same thing, and I freely admit to being wildly inspired by what I've seen online over the years" *
-->>unusual inspirations<<--
"But I have been watching tons of old movies lately, and there's a wealth of stuff to be found there - not just in the titles, but in scenes within the movie (street scenes, product shots)." *
"One of the best ways to become acquainted with letters and how they truly work is to try and re-create them yourself." **
This will help teach you about the forms and shapes nuances. Think about How simular letters relate to each other. What are the set up rules that you can bend.
*Patterson, J. (2011) Designer Interview: Hand-Letterer Simon Walker (Part I), available at: http://design.org/blog/designer-interview-hand-letterer-simon-walker-part-i, viewed on: 10/09/2013.
**Patterson, J. (2011) Designer Interview: Hand-Letterer Simon Walker (Part II), available at: http://design.org/blog/designer-interview-hand-letterer-simon-walker-part-ii, viewed on: 10/09/2013.
website: http://simonwalkertype.com/
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