Typography I – The Walls Have Ears Project: Process & Final

“The walls….they can hear you.”

Here are the sentences I’ve chosen from convos I’ve eavesdropped:

  1. Screw this I really want some cheese right now please (10 words)

  2. You are just a speck of dust in the universe (10 words)

  3. He gives me life but why does everything feel so cold? (10 words)

Behind these sentences:

For  1

“Screw this I really want some cheese right now please”

You know how when you hear people’s conversations, you’d expect it to be so scandalicious BUT NAHHH. I thought it was funny that this lady beside me was super hungry and it’s true that a hungry woman is an angry woman, because hell, she looked super cranky alright. JUST BECAUSE HER FRIEND TOLD HER CHEESE IS BAD FOR HER DIET. It’s hilarious I had to look at my phone and laugh silently so that they’d think I’m laughing at something on my phone.

For  2

“You are just a speck of dust in the universe”

Ok, I’ll be honest, this was actually taken from a deep conversation I had with a guy. And it just ticked me off when he said those words and I could sorta remember that it went like this: “we are just a speck of dust looking like we have big problems now but…in a bigger perspective, in the universe, we are just that tiny.” So I summarised what he said in that line and yeah, deep sch-tuff.

For  3

“He gives me life but why does everything feel so cold?”

We were at this waterfall in Selangor at that time and was just playing in the water when I overheard my friend (a girl) saying this but instead of saying “cold” she said “empty”. My guess is, she feels empty even being with this ‘guy’. I decided why not change it to the word ‘cold’ because (haha) WE WERE ALL FEELING COLD THERE IN THE WATERFALL yet we play in the water anyway. Also, the water was super cold. Yeahhhh there’s no link or context to her words but haha it makes sense right? Now that you read the whole sentence -“He gives me life but why does everything feel so cold?” – it sounds deeper too.


Here are my draft sketches before I move onto Illustrator to create the poster designs.

“You are just a speck of dust in the universe”

“He gives me life but why does everything feel so cold?”

“Screw this I really want some cheese right now please”

INSPO

PAULA SCHER’S, IDEA FOR ‘COLD’
FOR THE ‘CHEESE’ EFFECT
IDEA FOR THE CHEESE TYPO

FINAL

“He gives me life but why does everything feel so cold?”
“You are just a speck of dust in the universe”
“Screw this I really want some cheese right now please”

 

 

Links used for inspo:

https://fromupnorth.com/design-inspiration-roundup-04-2018-c1868b4594c9

https://www.shutterstock.com/explore/fall-for-shutterstock?utm_source=designtaxi&utm_medium=acq_display&utm_campaign=image_us_directbuy&utm_term=1_allvisitors_interstitial_1&utm_content=fall2018_en_2000x1200&dclid=CjkKEQjwlejcBRDr64efna2Y44kBEiQA5qe1wRnw25AvgLHgDMHCduv4TXJZeqKgMQGtYWBTUqFxTLHw_wcB

http://theinspirationgrid.com/creative-typography-artworks-by-mat-brown/

http://theinspirationgrid.com/new-typographic-artworks-by-carlo-cadenas/

https://www.behance.net/gallery/11541583/3D-Typography