Typo Ruin
Workshop Design | Experimental Typography | Collage | Analog Process
What it is:
This workshop is all about wrecking things in the name of typography. Participants explore hand-made type composition using paper, glue, sharp objects, and mild violence (in a fun and playful way). It’s a hands-on approach to making that gets us away from the finality of the computer for part of the design process and into more freeing, messy, experimental mark-making.
The steps:
Make a verb list
Think: cut, tear, fold, scribble, stomp. The more destructive, the better.
Prep a Type Packet
Print out words, letters, or anything typographic. Don't get too precious.
Cut & Distress
Cut out your type, then apply your verbs. Rip it, crumple it, draw on it, destroy it (lovingly).
Collage it
Take your beautifully wrecked scraps and arrange them into new compositions.
Scan & Digitize
Bring your analog chaos back into the digital world. Posters, animations, whatever you want.
