Regeneration
Brief
Design the identity for a one-woman play by Nancy Rappaport.
Solution
Nancy Rappaport survived breast cancer. Her experience led her to reflect on life, death and her illness in a most poignant way. She collected these reflections in her play, Regeneration.
I created the identity around two principles:
The identity uses 11 typefaces that begin with a thin stencil typeface (boney and broken) and regenerates into a strongly present, bold weight.
Client ················ Nancy Rappaport
Field ················· Identity
Published ············· October 2016
Studio ················ Self
Design the identity for a one-woman play by Nancy Rappaport.
Solution
Nancy Rappaport survived breast cancer. Her experience led her to reflect on life, death and her illness in a most poignant way. She collected these reflections in her play, Regeneration.
I created the identity around two principles:
1. Interpret typographically what it means to “regenerate”,
2. Visualize the emotional struggle of recovering from cancer.
2. Visualize the emotional struggle of recovering from cancer.
The identity uses 11 typefaces that begin with a thin stencil typeface (boney and broken) and regenerates into a strongly present, bold weight.
Client ················ Nancy Rappaport
Field ················· Identity
Published ············· October 2016
Studio ················ Self
Dutch model used as starting point: Dubbelde Augustyn Capitalen (1748), Izaak en Job, Enschedé, Harlem (Netherlands).
