Body as letter form
This experiment takes advantage of the fact that a lot of the typographic vocabulary is based on the human body: anatomy, body size, head piece, footers.
Same thing for the book: a book has a head, joints, a spine, back and foot.
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mapplethorpe ll
This is a second version of the Mapplethorpe alphabet, using the American photographer’s world as a mood board.
This is part of my research on how to get a letter to mean more than it reads.
A few more letters here.
Category: language, typo | Tags: alphabet, black and white, cuir, eighties, fetish, grain, latex, letter, lettering, mapplethorpe, photography, porn, semiotics, sm, type, typographie, typography | Comments (2)