Key wall vinyl to be displayed at the entrance to TypeCon. Serves as a waypoint and photo-opp.
At the end of the timeline is a spot for attendees to stand, as they are at the forefront of typography history.
Initial mood boards and pitch deck
After researching multiple type foundries and design groups, three were chosen to take primary inspiration from. The altimeter design group, Center For Book Arts, and the Draplin Design Co. were used as reference points for convention displays. The brand design was inspired by early printing press typography and aged medieval manuscripts.
Process
Created from a collage of my own previous type history research projects and experimentations, I began by sorting them all into a timeline of typefaces. Multiple iterations and reworks of the layout were arranged physically before cleaning up the grid layout digitally.