From object to typeface Karen Borgers
From object to typeface Reshape an IKEA stool following the aesthetic language and functional choices of a favourite designer, I choose to appropriate the work of Stephan Sagmeister. Who makes his statements by using objects to create text. Inspired by his work I created the first 2 typefaces. Despite working with a given form a range of diversity came out. It was a challenge to get the 26 characters out and still showing the original object, the Bekv채m.
Also appropriating my fellow students, I created a typeface with shadows and mirrors. Working with the reverberation of the stool I faced more boundaries. It was searching for new forms in the Bekv채m. The work has formed a set of fonts with all there own character and radiation and still is recognisable as the Bekv채m.
Karen Borgers, Master Design Academy 2011
Bekvam Regular Ikea Bekvam photoshop
Bekvam Black Ikea Bekvam Black plastic
Bekvam White Ikea Bekvam In the mirror
Bekvam Shadow Ikea Bekvam Shadow on paper
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Bekvam Regular Ikea Bekvam photoshop
Bekvam Black Ikea Bekvam Black plastic
Bekvam White Ikea Bekvam In the mirror
Bekvam Shadow Ikea Bekvam Shadow on paper
Design Academy Eindhoven Master contextual design www.karenborgers.nl