Re: Dance or Typography

This was a difficult topic, but I researched dance and type and found an interesting student project from Behance that I wanted to share:

• STUDENT PROJECT 2012

  IDENTITY / BOOK DESIGN / ILLUSTRATION / ANIMATION

  This workshop is called Dance Typography and its aim is to connect the art of writing with the rest

  of our body, to bring us into a different relationship with type, typography and space. All this can be

  achieved by using authentic movement in relation to space, as well as by learning the correlations

  of the Alphabet (letters) to the different body-parts (organs). Through various exercises of improvisation

  the participants are to create their own typographic synthesis, by using their bodies as the main tool,

  their voices and the space around them.

  This was a workshop coordinated by Magdalena Papanikolopoulou. In the context of the university

  project, it was part of a series of workshops called “Typography Workshops”, which also contains

  Calligraphy and Graffiti workshops. 

  Inspired by the workshop results, a traditional watercolour style has been used for the various illustrations. However, a more modern approach towards typography has provided contrast, and a contemporary feel to

  the project as a whole.
• LOGOTYPE

  The design of the logo uses the letter "a" to dance.