The Drawbacks of Texting
An Accordion Book Design/Rant
After a few projects researching the various aspects of the cell phone for a class, several things really started to pop out at me about this nifty little piece of technology. Among those were the benefits and drawbacks of a cell phone. In a typographic experiment, I designed an accordion-style publication wherein I essentially ranted and raved about what I thought was one of the more prominent demerits of the cell phone: texting. Through the utilization of a image-less visual essay, I tested the effects of large- and small-scale typographic elements as well as the idea of loosening up the standard grid structure in publication design. The resulting artifact was a book that could be read spread by spread or unfolded, expressing the emotions and opinions of the author through the use of dynamic typography.
An Accordion Book Design/Rant
After a few projects researching the various aspects of the cell phone for a class, several things really started to pop out at me about this nifty little piece of technology. Among those were the benefits and drawbacks of a cell phone. In a typographic experiment, I designed an accordion-style publication wherein I essentially ranted and raved about what I thought was one of the more prominent demerits of the cell phone: texting. Through the utilization of a image-less visual essay, I tested the effects of large- and small-scale typographic elements as well as the idea of loosening up the standard grid structure in publication design. The resulting artifact was a book that could be read spread by spread or unfolded, expressing the emotions and opinions of the author through the use of dynamic typography.
A pull-out spine on the book gave the reader the option to experience the book spread by spread or to read it all at once.
The final publication after it was printed and bound into its spread view.
