Communication Design School of Design
Cam Evans
My passion is for building design systems. Every aspect of the design process, from concept, to iteration, and outcome can be systematized. Where there is typographic restraint, there is also opportunity for unbridled typographic experimentation. It is through my work that I attempt to find a balance between organization and experimentation through a range of mediums and disciplines.
The Lanphear’s and Related Families
The Lanphear Book is an account of the Lanphear and related families; the detailed lives of close family members, and distant ancestors. The content of the book was curated by my Great Aunt Marianne, who includes some anecdote of her own. The former book was last revised in 2013, marking a decade between iterations. If the book was unbound, and pages separated, there would be virtually nothing to identify the collection of loose pages as a book. There is an absence of typographic style and rules: there are multiple uses of typefaces and styles, no defined margins, variation between landscape and portrait, and very little typographic hierarchy. This revision introduces a rigid typographic system to denote biography, e-mails and letters, memories, newspaper articles, documentation and photography.
Rhythmic Type
There are several ways in which music is visualized; most of these audio visualizers represent a range of frequencies, often along a straight line, and sometimes in the form of a wave. These are unsatisfactory resolutions in that these generic forms do not capture the emotional quality of the music or the unique characteristics of sound. Music is a feeling: how can this feeling be replicated visually.
Many songs include lyrics, from which a typographic basis for visual form can be derived. From the vast body of typography, various typefaces, fonts, styles, weights, etc. can be used as an expression for sound; i.e. bold weight to convey loudness, light weight to convey softness, etc. Scale, composition and color can be used additionally to typographically characterize hip-hop and jazz music.
A Cloud is Just A Cloud
The purpose this small book is to relate my longing for childhood to a broader notion of nostalgia—turning personal anecdote into a universal medium which can be understood and felt by others. The body of writing includes my own writing in addition to short stories, poems and vignettes from other sources, accompanied by image from my childhood as an emotional aid.
It’s All Mine!
Donald Trump is infamous for his lack of remorse; he rarely uses the word sorry, yet there are a few instances where he does apologize, albeit insincerely: i.e. ‘Sorry, I never went bankrupt and don’t wear a wig. It’s all mine!’ Donald Trump, has in fact, filed for bankruptcy several times on account of his various failed business ventures. Layers of truth are dissected and brought to the surface in this typographic poster.
Thames & Hudson 75th Anniversary
‘Join renowned image alchemist Stephen Ellcock on a visual journey of arresting and awe-inspiring artworks, from the microscopic to the celestial, drawn from every culture, age and corner of the globe. Wander through the pathways of these remarkable pages and discover correspondences between the most unlikely of subjects, order in the most random-seeming depictions and purpose and meaning in the decorative. Intriguing observations and reflections from artists, writers and scientists, together with clear explanations of complex concepts, complete this beautiful, revelatory and profound odyssey.’