Lorena's Epiphany

If you can write it, you can design with it.

November 26, 2009 at 10:39 am Leave a comment

The other day I received a call for entries for a typographic competition involving three-dimensional experimental letterforms. UK-based Flat 33 is looking for surprising and inventive ways to interpret the alphabet, ranging from beautiful and humorous to poetic, witty and conceptual for their upcoming book: ABC Dimensional (working title).

DEADLINE: Wednesday, 6th January 2010

Background on Project: (from website)

The ongoing fascination with three-dimensional letterforms – found, arranged and/or created from unique materials and then exhibited and/or photographed to be ‘flattened’ for two-dimensional print – is as ‘now’ in contemporary typographic design as it appears to be timeless. Graphic design students and professionals alike create an endless stream of variants of a similar theme with the alphabet and its 26 letters (plus a few numbers and signs here and there) at the centre of attention. An amazing amount of innovative, playful and inspirational projects are continuously being produced by emerging and established talents from around the world and the latest book by FL@33 – provisionally entitled ABC Dimensional – will document the best of the best.

To get full project description, go to stereohype’s page.

Typography is one of my favorite things about design – and lately it’s been Arabic calligraphy. I’m a major type geek. I’ve already forwarded the competition to a few of my type-obsessed friends, and I might send something too if I have time. I’ll post what I come up with..

Entry filed under: Floating. Tags: ABC Dimensional, competition, FL@33, graphic design, layout, publication, Stereohype, three dimensional, typography.