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Description Part 2 to my Urban Typography project in the first year of my Graphic Design degree.

The brief was to create a poster using only typography using movement of the urban city. It took me a long time settle on a colour scheme that really worked. I also decided against the idea of using text on horizontal and vertical axis, instead using rotations of 45 degrees for the layout.
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Comments: 65

jakmany [2014-10-29 13:12:03 +0000 UTC]

cool

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cats-and-castello [2014-07-02 07:57:00 +0000 UTC]

Perfect colours, intriguing layout, meticulous alignment... I love it!

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Moon1g [2012-12-07 23:32:10 +0000 UTC]

interesting!

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LeeAnneKortus [2012-06-24 19:22:52 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work!

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AirahJoyce [2012-04-27 01:53:43 +0000 UTC]

featured [link]

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titatis [2012-02-26 03:30:49 +0000 UTC]

that good

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xssaassx [2012-02-23 04:13:07 +0000 UTC]

Great job.

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aagbrain [2011-12-11 18:02:33 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, colors selection is excellent.

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XxSayaxX [2011-11-15 02:08:23 +0000 UTC]

This was shown to my class at the Kansas City Art Institute. My professor loves it.

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nataliesophia [2011-08-09 07:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Helvetica Neue has to be the most amazing font created. I know it when I see it.

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jjaisiva [2011-07-05 13:26:16 +0000 UTC]

Thats called sweet..awesome great work bro ...
font u used ???

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andrewackroyd In reply to jjaisiva [2011-07-05 22:14:19 +0000 UTC]

helvetica neue :]

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jjaisiva In reply to andrewackroyd [2011-07-06 01:49:39 +0000 UTC]

Tnx bro... cheers

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NaylaSmith [2011-06-08 01:06:47 +0000 UTC]

Featured~ [link]

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Kuro-Kenkaku [2011-03-24 15:25:36 +0000 UTC]

Lookin' good!

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andrewackroyd In reply to Kuro-Kenkaku [2011-05-24 21:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanking you! ^___^

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TcOriginal [2011-02-01 11:12:45 +0000 UTC]

awesome, i am a huge fan of this green, black and gray in general...i think they look great...i use that combo a lot on kuler

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andrewackroyd In reply to TcOriginal [2011-05-24 21:14:46 +0000 UTC]

It's an awesome combo!

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SeekerNami [2010-11-01 03:19:44 +0000 UTC]

really nice design and concept, my friend
I like the movement, the color and the dispostion of the elements it does really convey that urban feeling ^^

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andrewackroyd In reply to SeekerNami [2010-11-03 23:53:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks SeekerNami !

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SeekerNami In reply to andrewackroyd [2010-11-04 04:10:22 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^__^

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bradleyduncan [2010-10-17 18:42:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude. You gave me great inspiration for coursework

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andrewackroyd In reply to bradleyduncan [2010-10-19 20:13:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Bradley !

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Murder-City-Mistress [2010-10-15 21:51:03 +0000 UTC]

Love the movement and the feel of it. Not to mention the colour is great.

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andrewackroyd In reply to Murder-City-Mistress [2010-10-19 20:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude !

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Inspire-Creative [2010-08-22 17:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Looks really great, love the choice of colour...

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xQlusiveEvan [2010-07-30 06:51:18 +0000 UTC]

featured @ beautifulmac.com

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esaDEVIANT [2010-07-25 22:49:00 +0000 UTC]

I Like This...!!!

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TsukiLion [2010-05-30 01:37:10 +0000 UTC]

really cool!

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andrewackroyd In reply to TsukiLion [2010-05-31 17:39:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ;D

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knackza [2010-05-22 06:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Wow

nice

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andrewackroyd In reply to knackza [2010-05-22 23:18:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks knackza

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niiic [2010-03-08 09:40:39 +0000 UTC]

Sorry* It was a book, that also folded out to be a poster. haha

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niiic [2010-03-08 09:39:12 +0000 UTC]

I am currently doing a degree in Graphic Design too. (although I have no current work up) I had typed in 'Urban typography' into google as this is my next assignment. We had to do one earlier in the year for Visual Communication, but instead of designing a poster, we had to design a book. I must say it was not easy. This is a great peace though. I love your choice of colours too. xxx

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andrewackroyd In reply to niiic [2010-05-11 20:04:07 +0000 UTC]

I get a lot of hits on this piece of work, it must feature as a project in most college and university projects. Thanks for the kind words !

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niiic In reply to andrewackroyd [2010-05-19 20:26:28 +0000 UTC]

I think it must too.
We were only allowed to use text in ours too, and in the another just images. Sorry for the late reply. xxx

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Infinite-Stardust [2010-03-06 04:03:30 +0000 UTC]



I really dig the colours and the simple arrangement. Kinda looks like a poster.

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andrewackroyd In reply to Infinite-Stardust [2010-05-11 20:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Obcession [2010-02-18 06:35:39 +0000 UTC]

*likes this*
im doing something on typography too bleh i need ideas

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andrewackroyd In reply to Obcession [2010-02-27 15:33:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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AsdraGreenfield [2010-02-09 15:05:01 +0000 UTC]

this is pretty amazing! i actually find myself physically turning my head to read all of it ^^ Great Job!

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andrewackroyd In reply to AsdraGreenfield [2010-02-09 22:40:24 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thank you !

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AsdraGreenfield In reply to andrewackroyd [2010-02-09 23:41:01 +0000 UTC]

No prob! i was actually researching typography art because I have this assignment in my adv graphics class where i have to use typography to represent a product or event. I found it really cool how you depicted a sense of movement with only letters! great job!

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XChanneX [2010-02-03 10:48:59 +0000 UTC]

i love it

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andrewackroyd In reply to XChanneX [2010-02-04 17:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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solo-designer [2009-12-01 17:25:25 +0000 UTC]

nice work

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ZBGB [2009-09-15 19:01:50 +0000 UTC]

Saw this on Smashing Magazine's site today. This is really fantastic stuff! Inspiring use of type here. And this is from your first year? Damn, son. What school teaches you stuff like this?

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andrewackroyd In reply to ZBGB [2009-09-16 11:05:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh cool, I cant seem to find it on smashing magazines website. Could you link me to it? Yeah its from my first year, I was working with photoshop and stuff like that for about 5 years before I started though. lol

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ZBGB In reply to andrewackroyd [2009-09-16 16:41:45 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing. I looked back, and it's not actually in smashing, it was on another site. I just have them all together on google reader (oops). So yeah, here's the link to it http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/30-typography-posters-that-youve-probably-never-seen-before/ . It's the third one down.

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andrewackroyd In reply to ZBGB [2009-09-17 10:56:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for linking. Web designer depot, I'm surprised I didn't see it to be honest, I read it quite a lot lol!

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