Image//Self-Initiated - Resolution

I consulted with some fellow students about what I had produced and they seemed really positive about the typographic calendar, more so than I expected. I have also decided on a simple, metal bulldog clip to hold the calendar together as it fits with the minimal style of the posters whilst it enables the piece to be versatile as the individual sheets can be removed and laid out, written on etc.

Image//Self-Initiated - Resolution

Below are some photographs of the finished and printed set of posters for my calendar which I am pretty pleased with. It's difficult to know what to think for sure because I haven't had any contact with fellow students over this project so I'm more or less going with my own ideas and instincts. One thing I hadn't really considered before now was how the posters are going to be bound together so I'll have to start thinking of ways in which it can be presented ready for submission.

Image//Self-Initiated - Calendar Designs

Open publication - Free publishing - More colour

Completed set of typographic poster designs for each month of the calendar featuring quotes, information and a bespoke colour for each one.

Image//Self-Initiated - Design Development

A few initial tests showing the separate elements of the typographic posters and overlaid calendar grids are set out below. I think they are working well so far and I have started choosing certain colours for each month that reflect the weather at that time. I'm just a little concerned that the designs may look good on screen but then too simple once they are printed out and with the time left I don't really have a chance to test it out, especially since I can't print the mock UV varnish.

Image//Self-Initiated Brief - Development

I've been deciding the typeface to use for the quotes on the posters for my calendar. Since the designs are going to be very simple it's essential that I choose an appropriate typeface, otherwise the whole thing just won't work. 

For a calendar I felt a classic serif font would be best suited and a few that I tested are laid out below. The Didot version seems to have a really nice evenly weighted feel to it and appears confident on the page with it's mix of bold strokes and delicate curves and serifs.

 Didot

 Perpetua

Palatino

Image//Self-Initiated - Calendar Layouts

Open publication - Free publishing - More calendar

All the finished calendar grids for each individual month that will be printed 'behind' the main poster designs.

Image//Self-Initiated - Development

For this brief I was planning to produce 12 contemporary posters which could be brought together to form a calendar. Within the time I've got left (considering other projects too) it's going to be hard work to get all of this done so I have been trying to simplify my thought process regarding this project to make things easier for myself, without compromising the quality of the resolution.

I wanted to produce something that had a dual purpose - practical and desirable. Other ideas I had come up with so far were getting too in depth and confusing but I think I'm finally onto something now. I looked back once more at the work I've done in the image module so far to help me realise what had and hadn't worked during previous briefs.

Below, I have designed a kind of calendar/grid that is going to be applied to each poster but in the form of a varnish - as I did here in the type as image brief. This will enable me to overlay the main design for each poster of the month without the practical bit disturbing the design. 

I haven't yet started the main designs of the posters but, I was thinking about using the Latin definition of each month, with the typography nicely laid out. For example, I read on the internet that January comes from a Latin word that means doorway - as in, January is the doorway to the year. I think this could work well as a simple typographic poster. 

This process of having a typographic quote with the calendar laid out behind will also give me a solid process with which to work from and hopefully I'll be able to turn around this project a little quicker than I'd originally hoped.