EHS campaign poster series

Philippe Caron

The Environmental Health and Safety Department of Concordia University selected this poster series for their 2013 lab safety campaign. This series explores the relation between typographic and photographic compositions, merging the two together. A vigorous colour, a striking model pose, and a refined composition quickly attract the attention of the viewer. The series was printed offset on a five-colour press. Each accent represents a unique spot colour, while the rest is printed in black.

Paper
4 posters, 18 x 24 in.

Bulgaria in tiny snippets

Desislava Davidova

The idea behind this website was to create a more personalized guided tour of Bulgaria. All pictures on the website are originals. The website includes major tourist attractions, as well as places that are more uncommon and that would not be found in basic guides. The site is divided in three sections: Sofia (the capital), the mountain, and the sea. All across the website are handwritten notes activated through the hovering effect, making it a more personal experience.

www.hybrid.concordia.ca/de_david/bulgariaintinysnippets/

Website

The Deep Fried Ice-cream Theory

Jade Brisson

The website explores the Rosetta, Cassini, Juno, and Curiosity missions, and their impact on our understanding of the universe and the overall importance of space exploration. It is a one-page website with scrollable interactive elements that help enhance the user experience and stimulate the viewer with beautiful imagery taken from the NASA website.

www.hybrid.concordia.ca/ja_bris/web_deepfried/

Web site

Meet Bram de Does

Gabriel Galindo

Meet Bram de Does is a short motion graphic documentary narrating Bram de Does’ biography and his most famous typographical creations completed through his design career. Born in Amsterdam in 1934, Bram de Does is a graphic and type designer. He proved his talent for type design between 1980 and 1982, when he was asked to produce an exclusive typeface for phototypesetting equipment.
Script development and documentation, illustration, and animation developed by Gabriel Galindo. Voice-over by Jeffrey Smith. Music “Never Give Up” by Wade Marshall.

Animation
Video projection, AfterEffects, Illustrator
1920 x 1080

STREET ART: MTL

Mel Palapuz

STREET ART: MTL is part photo-documentation and part city mapping. It poses many questions: How do different styles of street art in Montreal exist based on their respective neighbourhoods, if they exist at all? What is street art really saying to us?

Book
Glossy cardstock, paper
8.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 in.

The Race Booklet

Alyssa Zwonok

Samantha Dicriscio

Tess Kuramoto

The Race Booklet was designed for a short experimental play written by Concordia professor Dr. Louis Patrick Leroux. The text is complimented by original illustrations and photographs. The booklet itself focuses on the layout, the text-image relationship, and the content structure. It is printed in black only with an accented bright yellow on the cover. The typesetting emphasizes both legibility and the meaning of the text, supporting the desired atmosphere.

Book
Paper, ink, thread
6 x 7.5 in.

Mrs Eaves

Camila Acosta

This book was a collaborative project where every student was responsible for designing a signature for his or her assigned typeface. This signature presents Mrs Eaves, a typeface created by Zuzanna Licko in 1996. The delicate and feminine approach to the design reflects the nature of the typeface itself, as well as the woman that inspired its creation. Each student designed individual dust jackets and endpapers; the book was bound using a sewn binding technique.

Signature
Paper
5 x 7 in.

Perception + Colour

Edward Nyamenkum

Perception + Colour is a two-part book on theories of perception and colour. This accordion saddle stitch book takes references from well-known design books to explain their theory in a fun and whimsical manner. By using photographs of fruits to illustrate each example, Perception + Colour manages to convey important information with an interesting and playful twist.

Book
Paper
2 books, 5 x 9 in.

The Echo Game

Marie-Pier Larose

Marie-Élaine Grant

Julie Tremblay

The project consists of a publication that reflects as well as enhances the echo and the game found through the exhibited pieces. The game is represented through the vibrant colours of the alternated cover designs. The echo is reflected through the rigid grid layout, allowing titles and paragraphs to be disposed in a repetitive manner. The catalogue’s creation takes into account the gallery’s context – visitors come without being familiar with the artists or the exhibition. They can easily find their way by using the index page and exhibition plan on the cover or by consulting the introduction at the centre of the pamphlet that orients them towards the desired artist.

Exhibition catalogue
Paper, ink
8 x 10 in.

The Echo Game Exhibition Catalogue

Desislava Davidova

Maria Mahdessian

Mariana Leyton

The structure of this book is carefully thought out to underline the concept of an “echo”. Starting with the table of contents, little thumbnails, arranged in a tight grid, represent each artist, thus echoes of their work. The concept is repeated to display the captions of each artwork in every artist’s section. Furthermore, the artist’s name reappears on the exact same spot as in the table of contents when it is shown on his or her page. The shape of the thumbnails is also used in the cover design, making the concept complete, inside and out.

Exhibition catalogue
Printed on paper, perfect binding
9 x 10.5 in.