Typo Ruin
Workshop Design | Experimental Typography | Collage | Analog Process
What it is:
This workshop is all about wrecking things in the name of typography. Students explore hand-made type composition using paper, glue, sharp objects, and unhinged energy. It’s a hands-on way to get out of the computer and into some messy, experimental mark-making. Rip it. Crumple it. Scribble on it. Then scan it and bring it back into the digital world.
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.
