IOU Magazine

I replied to a mass email sent last summer by a then MA student asking for LCC Typo to help her out with her final piece- a fashion magazine with a financial theme running through it. Myself and another student replied and IOU Magazine was born some six months later (you could call that a premature birth then I guess!).

Here is the cover with the IOU logo which I designed and some of my selected spreads. We used Futura Upper case for all the headings, ITC Cheltenham for introductory text and Perpetua for body text as they seemed to marry well together and gave impact yet grace. They hinted at fashion and financial matters equally. The grid we used was seven columns in width.

Recent work....

This was the outcome of a self-initiated group brief, a group that comprised of 11 ex-LCC typo students.

Hosted by the Dazed & Confused Gallery in January, the premise behind the work was to create something 'New' out of existing media that we had exchanged between ourselves; One piece of music or mix-CD, one DVD and one section of literature.

Here is my take on the subject, using one quote from each of my given media ('Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Dirty Pretty Things' directed by Stephen Frears and 'Everything in it's right place' by Radiohead.)

My style is usually bold sans serif type for maximum visual impact, the colours conveying the mood of the piece. I used children's felt-tipped pens for a crude finish that is akin to the spoken word more than digitally-printed type.

I took a walk to Morrisons..

..and saw this fallen wall outside someone's house on the way back.

I love rusty old type.

I like type a lot...

I see it everywhere I go, and sometimes I take a photo of it..

Are you my type?

Hello.

Welcome.

It's all about the letters and the words....

..and sometimes the pictures too.

What's your type?