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VirginiaCenterfortheBookBookArtsProgram2019AnnualMember’sProject:CollaborationIdeasTITLE:“20-20Revision”or“HindsightIs20/20”
• TOPIC:sharingourvisions/revisionsofrecenthistoricalmoments• INSPIRATION:Fromtheaphorism,"Hindsightis20/20";fromthevintageeyechartusedtotest
vision;andinanticipationoftheupcomingyear• CONCEPT:Intheupcomingyear,2020,willweseethingsdifferently?Willourvisionofself,
family,community,nation,society,world,planet…change?Willitblurorsharpen,orwillwelosesightofitaltogether?
• SKILLS:typographyandtypesetting,visualdesignplay,printingandprint-making
TITLE:RSVP
• TOPIC:storiedinvitationsandannouncements,actualorfictive(variation:imaginarystatedinnermenus)
• INSPIRATION:theuntoldstoriesbehindformalprintedephemera• CONCEPT:Composetextandimagestocontextualizeanotherwiseordinaryprintedinvitationor
announcement(ormenu).Theoccasioncanberealorimagined,andnotnecessarilycelebratory–ananniversary,birth,retirement,funeral,reunion,fundraiser,whatever.Theinvitations,printedassmallbroadsides,canbeboundtogetherinanenvelopebook.
• SKILLS:hand-printedimagesandtext,alltechniques;anew,simplebindingstructure(envelopebook)
TITLE:©-FreePoetry
• TOPIC:reprintingformerlycopyright-protectedpoetry• INSPIRATION:freeaccesstonotablepoetryandlyricsthathaveenteredthepublicdomain
duringthisyear’smassexpirationofcopyrights(e.g.,poetryorlyricsbyRobertFrost,WillaCather,EdnaSt.VincentMillay,KahlilGibran,e.e.cummings,JellyRollMortonandothers)
• CONCEPT:portfolioofpoetrybroadsidescontainingfavoriteworkrecentlyreleasedfromcopyrightprotection
• SKILLS:typographyandtypesetting,design,printmaking,portfoliomaking
TITLE:Datadriven[notthebesttitle,justastartingpoint]
• TOPIC:Uniqueapproachestomakingcharts,graphsandinfographicsofthingsthatarenottypicallyseenas"data"
• INSPIRATION:Graphsthataren'tyourtypicalbarorlinegraphsofthingslikestatesofmindanddailyminutiathataren'treallyscientificorresearch-baseddata.Examples:WorkofAndrewKuoinNYTimesMagazine:http://information.ysdn.ca/post/20523898419/wheelofworry;https://artsbeat.blogs.
nytimes.com/2010/06/09/chart-big-bois-general-patton/;https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/9452/products/KUO_charts_art_2_1024x1024.jpg?v=1417996284Otherartists:https://www.pinterest.co;m/pin/156500155780289838/
• CONCEPT:Thereisagrowingtrendinbusiness,education,andotherfieldsfor"data-driven"decisionmaking,dataanalytics,andbigdata.Thisprojectcouldcommentontheseandothertrendsinvariousways,suchas:Presenting"data"aboutsomethingthat'snotmeasurableinanyobjectivewayUsingeye-catchingdesigntomakeapointseemimportantObscuringactualdatathroughdesignorinventingdatatosupportone'sownends
• SKILLS:Typographyandtypesetting,visualdesign,printingandprint-making
TITLE:Encoded[notthebesttitle,justastartingpoint]
• TOPIC:Abookofcodes,withtheirsolutionsinaseparatesectionintheback.Codescouldbebroadlyinterpretedtoincludelettersubstitution,symbols,thingshiddeninplainsight,iconography(asinreligiouspaintings),handsignals,oranythingelsethatcouldbeconsideredacode.
• INSPIRATION:Creatingwaystohidemessagesisanancientartwithcontemporaryresonanceindiscussionsofspying,computercoding,
• CONCEPT:Inadditiontobeingvisuallybeautiful,abookofcodescouldfunifpeoplewanttotrytocrackthecodes.
• SKILLS:Typographyandtypesetting,visualdesign,printingandprint-making
TITLE:MapsoftheWord
TOPIC:Mapsthatarerenderingsofconceptsrelatedtoletters,word,type.Ormapsofimaginaryplaces.INSPIRATION:Aboundatlasofmapsorcollectionofbroadsideswouldproducesomebeautifulworkforauction.CONCEPT:Therehavebeenmany,manymapsofimaginaryplaces,andwewouldhavetodistinguishoursinsomeway.Wemightinterpretthisbroadlytoincludemapsofstatesofmindsandotherabstractconceptsthatarenotreallyplaces.Orwecouldputaframeonitthatmapsshouldrelateinsomewaytoletters,printing,words,historyoftype,likeBonnie'sexample.SKILLS:Typographyandtypesetting,visualdesign,printingandprint-making
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APeruvianretablo,non-religioussubjectstopandbottom
Structure:gate-foldedportfoliobox
50thweddinganniversaryengravedinvitationcontextualizedwithanoriginalaquatintandetching