By Colleen Sedgwick
Visual photo diary
For each of the following
letters in the word ‘type’ (T, Y, P and E), take at least two photos of the
letter that have been constructed by nature or a man-made object that does not
have the intention of constructing type.
For each image, you are
required to write 25 words on why and how you selected these images and how
this process could inform future industry practice.
Note: you are not permitted to
include letters that have been constructed to be part of signage. Also, you are
also not permitted to ‘alter’ nature in order to create the type (e.g. you are
not allowed to break a tree branch into separate twigs and then position them
together to create a letter).
NOTE: You will be able to integrate
feedback from discussions and self-check submission, for integration into
Assessment 3 Part B.
Answer
These are some pictures that I
took of some tiles in my bathroom. The
reason being is they happen to resemble the letters T-Y-P-E
The larger rectangle on top of
two squares resembles a ‘T’ – you can see one horizontal line on top of a
vertical line.
When these same shapes are at
right angles, flipped and upright, they resemble the letter ‘P’.
The same shapes used in the
letter ‘T’ are also used for the letter ‘E’ when turned at a 90 degree angle.
How could they inform future
industry practice?
1.
Firstly, they can be used for signage and way finding –
especially in places where a lot of tiles are used, like railway stations,
pubs, shopping malls and public amenities (toilets). They could add a lot of interest and
character to the place.
2.
Secondly, they could prove useful for the study of Pareidolia
– or the understanding of how one perceives a particular pattern in a stimulus where
none actually exists in that stimulus[1]. For instances, if one sees animals when they
are looking at clouds or they see the ‘man in the moon’ when looking at the
moon. In this instance, I see
letterforms when looking at the tiles in my bathroom, because of the way the
tiles are arranged.
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