The brief: to create two pieces of typography; one will be an interpretation of a manifesto issued between 1880 and 1930. The other is your own manifesto which should reflect the technological and cultural changes that beckon in the 21st century.
I decided to do an interpretation of Adolf Loos' Ornament and Crime manifesto. Although I do not necessarily agree with everything he states it was so interesting to learn about the views he held during the victorian era. In a time when architecture and the fashion was to over ornament everything and everything was very indulgent he was way ahead of his time; stating that ornament is a crime and that the way forward in society is to abolish all form of ornament and strip everything back to basics. It paved the way for many art movements such as the bauhaus.
For my own manifesto I decided to write about speakers -the audio device. I realised that speakers surround me constantly throughout my day whether it be listening to music or instructions from a train guard. I wanted to write about how to utilise their capabilities effectively and just to have an appreciation for how they not only improve our entertainment but how they provide us with such a wealth of information as we would really be lost without them.
I made the text appear similar to sound waves to enhance the message.
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