Break the grid!

I don't know about the rest of you but I tend to break the grid too often to count in my designs, sometimes for the best and sometimes for the worst. I found this image and thought it was a really effective way of breaking the grid! Of course everything is array and you can't read most but all the vital points of the design you can read easily and I think that's what makes this effective. The design displays how breaking the grid can create some pretty disheveled and messy looking designs (which I'm assuming is intentional to relay the message of the design).. What do you guys think? Do you think keeping completely to a grid is more effective than straying away from it to make an original, unique piece?

Illustrative & Vintage Fonts

Hey guys,
I thought I'd share with you this project that a designer named Teagan White did. She took a quote and illustrated each word to correspond with it's meaning. I think the coolest part of this is the fact that it still seems unified even though each word is different. To be honest, this really inspires me to be more illustrative and creative with my typography.

Also, Can we talk about how awesome it is to use vintage typefaces when it pertains to the content it's being used for?

My favorite example is The Great Gatsby. The Roaring 20's art deco style is basically the only choice for this movie because it only makes sense. But the fact that they made a new, modern art deco font specifically for the movie is incredible. The fact that that is what this movie literally is, a remake of a classic story set in another decade with the edition of modern elements, makes having a new type face more than necessary. Its called Deco Pinstripe and it can be seen on all the new Great Gatsby posters, ect. It was even used at Tiffany's for their Gatsby collection. Its so classic but definitely not boring. I can't tell you guys how much I love it. Any thoughts? Also do you guys have any vintage-inspired modern typography designs that you love?

Love, Cancer.

This is part of a series of poems written from the point of view of cancer. This piece caught me a little by surprise just because i've become used to seeing a poster being expressive, not body copy. This makes me want to start looking at body copy as part of the piece, not just something you need to use.

When you see it...

When you see it...

So this week when I was surfing through the internet and I came across these awesome yet comical  simplistic typography posters. What they did was "express" what the word is in the most simplest way by either manipulating the type/adding or taking away. I think that they're quite fascinating and I love that they didn't add too much. They kept the typeface in black which I think works because it goes with the whole "simple" theme. So I only picked out my favorite ones but here is the link to see the rest of them. When you see it What do you guys think??