the Midtown Atlanta experience
Gettin' 'round Midtown
to design an exhibition catalog and 'curate' relevant artifacts based on a design-related topic of our choosing.
My exhibition, titled 'deZINE,' centers around the design of zines through the ages and how they became powerful voices of people.
The challenge
Prof. Stuart Fano
SCAD Atlanta
Mentor
Winter 2023
Completed
environmental graphic design
Skills Used
is a great place to live, but there's WAY more to it than meets the eye.
Midtown Atlanta
I get to say that, because I live here!
Layouts and (design) libraries
For my typography, I was particularly inspired by the numerous typewriter-esque-generated fonts that I came across during my research. I wanted to pay homage to the style, so I used Museo, a slab serif that's a lot easier to read.
The speech bubble became my visual tool, since my focus was on the fact that zines were personal tools of expression. In my explorations in trying to make them work, I began to overlap them to show how one era of print publications always bled into another, and I used pieced together a variety of images across time periods to really get the message across. After all, collages are vital in punk zine culture. It was only right that I incorporated them in my own work.
I made 'container spreads' for to showcase different aspects of my catalog. Think of them as empty containers in which I could drop my content (and mixing them up between spreads would keep them looking fresh).
Let's take a look 'round Midtown.
(I promise a whole lot of sights to see, things to do, and coffee to chug.)
Do it yourself (No, really. Do it.)
What gripped me about zines was how versatile they were. They came in all kinds of different sizes and shapes and folds. Every page turned brought on a whole new surprise and a whole new wave of delight, and that's something I wanted my catalog to reflect as well.
I made a folder of mini-zines that folded out into punk band posters. I printed out stickers and used little accordions that popped out from the pages. deZINE is truly the DIY project that all zines are.
Zines are typewritten. They're scrawled hastily onto scrap paper. They're black and white and blue and pink and green and every color ever. They're stapled together, and bound with glue and string. They're illustrated and doodled with crayon and marker and ballpoint pen. They're as big as a magazine, as thick as a novel, so tiny they could fit into your palm.
They're DIY. They're crafty. They're expressive. But most of all, they're FUN. I wanted to make sure my catalog reflected that.
Midtown comes in MANY, many shapes(and colors)
(creating Midtown's shape language, and then applying it, like, EVERYWHERE.)
Do it yourself (No, really. Do it.)
What gripped me about zines was how versatile they were. They came in all kinds of different sizes and shapes and folds. Every page turned brought on a whole new surprise and a whole new wave of delight, and that's something I wanted my catalog to reflect as well.
I made a folder of mini-zines that folded out into punk band posters. I printed out stickers and used little accordions that popped out from the pages. deZINE is truly the DIY project that all zines are.
Zines are typewritten. They're scrawled hastily onto scrap paper. They're black and white and blue and pink and green and every color ever. They're stapled together, and bound with glue and string. They're illustrated and doodled with crayon and marker and ballpoint pen. They're as big as a magazine, as thick as a novel, so tiny they could fit into your palm.
They're DIY. They're crafty. They're expressive. But most of all, they're FUN. I wanted to make sure my catalog reflected that.
Ready to get 'round Midtown?
(I promise a whole lot of sights to see, things to do, and coffee to chug.)
Do it yourself (No, really. Do it.)
What gripped me about zines was how versatile they were. They came in all kinds of different sizes and shapes and folds. Every page turned brought on a whole new surprise and a whole new wave of delight, and that's something I wanted my catalog to reflect as well.
I made a folder of mini-zines that folded out into punk band posters. I printed out stickers and used little accordions that popped out from the pages. deZINE is truly the DIY project that all zines are.
Zines are typewritten. They're scrawled hastily onto scrap paper. They're black and white and blue and pink and green and every color ever. They're stapled together, and bound with glue and string. They're illustrated and doodled with crayon and marker and ballpoint pen. They're as big as a magazine, as thick as a novel, so tiny they could fit into your palm.
They're DIY. They're crafty. They're expressive. But most of all, they're FUN. I wanted to make sure my catalog reflected that.
