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‘Symbolic’ for the London Design Festival

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‘Symbolic’ by Sarah Hyndman

ITC Zapf Dingbats is one of the more common dingbat typefaces. It was designed by the typographer Hermann Zapf in 1978 and licensed by International Typeface Corporation.

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‘Energetic’ by James Clarke

 

‘Energetic’ by James Clarke

“Energetic – showing or involving great activity or vitality. I wanted the word to have a smooth flowing movement so I based it on a my own handwriting. Then to contrast this I injected a sense of erratic buzzing and energy, through using random twitches, strokes and colours to fill the in letterforms, I certainly burnt some calories making it.”

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‘Entwining’ by Barbara Gardner

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‘Entwining’ by Barbara Gardner

“When I visited London in March this year I looked around and saw the young doing what we all did back then.”

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“… standing kissing each other, arms wrapped around each other, weaving in and out avoiding oncoming people on the busy London streets. Everyone was connected via their phones but independently surviving like ivy up a wall. Then I wondered how one could express this simply through materials to be used … I saw a ball of string on the sideboard. I have a small press and I had such fun and made such a mess in my kitchen.”

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‘Clockwork’ by Deidre Curren

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‘Clockwork’ by Deidre Curren

Curren, who lived and worked in London as a graphic desginer for a number of years, explains that “I guess, living in Africa, we tend to get used to “African Time”, which loosely defined means that being an hour or so late for an appointment isn’t seen as rude or disrespectful. The more important you are, the later you are allowed to be.”