This poster was the final deliverable for a Typography 1 assignment I did at CCA (California College of the Arts)
The brief was to create an poster that informs sixth grade students about one (picked) element from the periodic table, purely with type and without the use of any sort of image or vector graphics. We were encouraged to step away from very traditional and 'sciency' looking poster, using our choice of type to bring out the characteristics of the element. All that, while playing to the relatively quite sophisticated pallete of todays sixth grader.
The body copy, in case its too small to see online goes as follows.
Would you have ever guessed that the three
of them had something in common? Well
they do and it the element cobalt! Which
is pronounced as KO-bolt.
What's in a name? Well the modern
name ‘Cobalt’ came from the German
word for goblin or evil spirit, ‘kobald’.
One of the many reasons for its sinister
reputation, could be that the cobalt ore
is oen found in the presence of the
element arsenic, a very deadly toxin.
Cobalt is a chemical element with
symbol Co and atomic number 27 and
atomic mass of 58.93u. It was discovered
by George Brandt, a Swedish chemist, in
1739. It sits in-between Iron and Nickel
on the periodic table and shares a lile
bit of both their properties such as being
the only elements known to naturally
produce a magnetic field. Its should not
come as a surprise that it is used to make
a special alloy in the manufacture of
permanent magnets.
“Cobalt Blue” is ‘The Flash’s’ evil twin
brother and one of his many rivals. Cobalt
blue is the iconic color of Cobalt
compounds that have been used for
centuries in many ancient cultures to color
porcelain, glass, poery, tile and enamel.
Cobalt is quite a colorful character when it
forms compounds with other elements.
One of the other lesser know cobalt colors
is this pink (of the poster )which is the color of
a cobalt halide called Cobalt chloride hexahydrate.
Lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) is widely
used in lithium ion baery cathodes.
mobile phones and smart phones, laptops
and tablets, digital cameras and
camcorders, hand held game consoles
and torches (flashlights).
Even you have a little cobalt in you, in the
form of vitamin B as it is very essential
for all life in ultra small levels.
