Andrew Byron

Andrew Byron typeface 'interiors' 

This is typography ,which has also used sculptures  and objects,as inspiration, and like Wim Crouell with Claes Oldenburgs soft sculpture, realized the designs practically because its muse,  in this case interior furniture. A basic skeleton structure of tables and chairs have been physically created and welded together and arranged to look like 3d letterforms,which are actually on the verge of becoming furniture. With the b,d and h being chairs and the m,n and o tables. I like this because it gives a sense that characters have been found accidentally but have cleverly and precisely been formed and arranged. It also makes me look at my immediate surrounding and scenery where I have now noticed shapes letters among other things that could easily work as visuals and within design. He has then produce a digitally drawn version on the sculptured chair and table letterforms.

 

Andrew byron has then expanded on this idea, turning 3 dimensional typography in to 2 dimensional. Here he has carried the same theme through but almost reversed it. He has created digital typography which is an link with his other type design 'interiors', simplified it although staying true to the original,keeping the objects affect by making it almost bubble like and staying with the minimalist straight precise line that the metal material used on the original gives. This then because of the continues pipe like line begins to look like tubes of neon lights. The designer then references back to his earlier creation and constructs this type design out of actual neon lights (called interior lights), going back to the sculptural typography once again. I like the way both type designs can be adopted over different mediums, print aswel as actual physical form, and how both have complemented each other, and still give the same feel and tone no matter what medium is used. this kind of thinking mixes the unexpected together and has helped produce a more versatile design. Researching the methods and techniques behind this work has made me think about different angles I could start a design and to work in an unconventional manner could provide some good original results, and has given me a sense of how work can develop and cross over from one medium to the other.   

  

Andrew Byron typeface design 'interior lights'