DESIGN NAME: Paper Clip
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Invitation Card
INSPIRATION: This is an invitation card designed for a touring exhibition. The creativity of typeface design and graphic design comes from the shape of paperclip, expressing the significance of touring exhibition. The exhibition began in 2009 and returned to its starting point in 2018. The paperclip font symbolize the touring exhibition.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is an invitation package inspired by a paper clip. Chinese font design and English font design as well as graphic design are derived from the shape of the paper clip. There are four cards in a card set. The card sets and cards are fixed by a paper clip. The shape and significance of the paper clip symbolizes the itinerant exhibition, which, like a paper clip, has traveled nine cities over nine years.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: -
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in August 2018 in Beijing and finished in October 2018 in Beijing, and was exhibited in CAFA Art Museum in November 2018.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The card is fixed with a paper clip, which is a fun thing for the audience. This set of invitations uses special cardboard and metal ink to print and produce, increasing the texture of the card. The design of English letters is inspired by the shape of the paper clip.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 15cmx21cmx0.5cm
TAGS: Paperpin, Tour Exhibition, Paperpin Font
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: This set of invitation cards mainly studies the font design, trying to combine the shape and function of the paper clip with the font shape. Before the font design, the real paper clip was used to make many shapes. When the exhibition visitors got the invitation card and the real paper clip fixed on the card, they compared the shape of the paper clip with the font design. These are of great interest to the audience.
CHALLENGE: -
ADDED DATE: 2019-05-03 17:06:17
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IMAGE CREDITS: Yi Yi, 2019.
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