French Currents of the letter - 1978
The work above is a research journal which totally uses the De-Constructivism within graphic design. The book title is "French Currents of the letter" however this is not clear to read as each of the words deconstruct themselves as you go down the page, this happens with a subtle change in the kerning with the words, also the columns have been miss guided and fragmented. These then space out down the page making the spacing spontaneous and do not sit to the grid system which you would normally find within the front cover of a graphic design journal. You can also see some text to the left mid section of the image on the black strip, this tells you that its a "Research Journal" this is just readable... yet this section delivers no more information than that as the text below is to hard to read due to being printed that way.
The front cover fights against what you would normally like to find when you look at work of this standard, however due to this i think it works rather well and has a strong input in the De-constructivism ways of working. The image feels almost overwhelming as there is no structure and form through-out, the black lines which are there to block out areas of the image and make the outcome appear to be a different shape then throw you off more then usual. The small dots which are placed through-out the design which look a little like the letter C without as much curve and the ends cut short then give you a knowledge of how much the kerning has actually changed.
Overall i think this fits well with the De-constructivism era, all of the aspects all link together and make this into a design which can really impact on what you think about that time frame. There is text in places which you wouldn't expect and spacings in places you would not place them yourself. This makes it a successful piece of De-constructivism Graphic Design.
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