http://cargocollective.com Taylor Trostle Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:06:27 +0000 http://cargocollective.com en http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/Of-Two-Squares http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/Of-Two-Squares Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:06:27 +0000 Taylor Trostle 2716944 Of Two Squares 3D Poster For this project we were asked to recreate a modernist poster as a three-dimensional paper sculpture. I was inspired by the simple elements of El Lissitzky's "Pro dva kvadrata" (Of Two Squares), and the way the forms seem to hang in space. I reinterpreted the three main elements of the piece, using wire to give the illusion of floating. To give the piece more dimensionality, I made a vanishing square and repeated the 2's, decreasing their size. Materials used were mat board, bristol, copy paper, acrylic paint and wire. A poster was then made in order to show the process. <img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/Pro dva kvadrata.jpeg" width="334" height="420" width_o="334" height_o="420" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/Pro dva kvadrata_o.jpeg" data-mid="13774231" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/120611_0565.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/120611_0565_o.JPG" data-mid="13774425" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/3Dposter01.jpg" width="670" height="845" width_o="1522" height_o="1920" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/3Dposter01_o.jpg" data-mid="13774913" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/3Dposter02.jpg" width="670" height="857" width_o="1500" height_o="1920" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/3Dposter02_o.jpg" data-mid="13774918" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/poster.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="2048" height_o="2730" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/2716944/poster_o.jpg" data-mid="13775115" border="0" align="left"/> Of Two Squares 3D Poster For this project we were asked to recreate a modernist poster as a three-dimensional paper sculpture. I was inspired by the simple... http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/Cities-Eyes http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/Cities-Eyes Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:42:08 +0000 Taylor Trostle 1369954 Cities & Eyes Typographic Variables The purpose of this project was to craft a beautiful set of typographic pages presenting system, space and sequence. We were given eight texts to work with, dividing the book into three sections of focus. For my main studies I chose to focus on the text “Cities & Eyes” by Italo Calvino because of the strong imagery I felt was insinuated by the text. Light blue, gray and silver metallic papers were chosen to reflect the glass-like city as described in the text. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5121.JPG" width="670" height="992" width_o="2048" height_o="3033" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5121_o.JPG" data-mid="6659372" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_51492.jpg" width="670" height="985" width_o="2048" height_o="3010" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_51492_o.jpg" data-mid="6659487" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5152.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5152_o.JPG" data-mid="6659416" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5154.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5154_o.JPG" data-mid="6659508" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5155.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/IMG_5155_o.JPG" data-mid="6659524" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/8textsspread1.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/8textsspread1_o.jpg" data-mid="6662009" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/8textsspread2.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/8textsspread2_o.jpg" data-mid="6662013" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/8textsspread3.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1369954/8textsspread3_o.jpg" data-mid="6662015" border="0" align="left"/> Cities & Eyes Typographic Variables The purpose of this project was to craft a beautiful set of typographic pages presenting system, space and sequence. We were... http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/Creative-Outlets http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/Creative-Outlets Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:46:37 +0000 Taylor Trostle 1359743 Creative Outlets Data Visualization For nine days I recorded data on my different creative outlets. I chose to observe how often I either made a photograph, blog entry, saved a web image, drew in my sketchbook or recorded video, and how significant those individual activities were to me at that point in time. I knew I wanted my chart to look geometric, so I sought to create shapes that could work together to create a larger image, yet were identifiable from one another. I differentiated the activities by assigning them different colors, based on a palette I thought had similar colors which would give dimension to the larger shape created. To represent the level of personal significance, I created a scale that would allow me three different triangle sizes to work with. Each larger shape is made of the different acticvities I did that day, and how significant each of those were. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359743/091dbdfba7fb23e9aacc6d1a4f97ebb1.jpg" width="600" height="927" width_o="600" height_o="927" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359743/091dbdfba7fb23e9aacc6d1a4f97ebb1_o.jpg" data-mid="6610682" border="0" align="left"/> Creative Outlets Data Visualization For nine days I recorded data on my different creative outlets. I chose to observe how often I either made a photograph, blog... http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/Rapunzel http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/Rapunzel Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:42:45 +0000 Taylor Trostle 1359771 Rapunzel Book Covers Story: A man and his wife lived next to a witch, who had a garden surrounded by a wall. The wife wanted some of the lettuce so badly that the husband agreed to risk stealing some. He was caught by the witch on his second attempt, and she agreed to let him go as long as he gave up their child when his wife gave birth. When the baby was born the witch came and took her, naming her Rapunzel and locking her away in a doorless tower. The only way in was through a small window at the top, and so every morning the witch would use Rapunzel's hair to climb the tower. One day a prince was riding by and heard Rapunzel's singing. He watched the witch ascend the tower and waited until later to climb up. At first Rapunzel was startled, but they quickly became close and agreed to marry. One day, Rapunzel accidentally tells the witch about the prince, and the witch banishes her to the desert. When the prince comes to see her, the witch is waiting and he falls from the tower, blinding himself by a thorn bush. He wanders the earth for years until he finally comes across Rapunzel and her children. Rapunzel's tears of joy heal the prince's blindness and they returned to his castle to marry and live happily. Cover 01: An illustrated image of hair replaces the text, 'Rapunzel,' to reflect the importance of Rapunzel's hair. The earthy background reflects the time period in which the story was written as well as the garden and forest setting from which the conflict first arose. Cover 02: An illustrated image of the plant, Rapunzel, with its roots forming the braid of Rapunzel's hair is tall and narrow to reflect the tower in which Rapunzel was isolated. The dark background and stark imagery represent her isolation from society while alluding to the reason for the conflict as well as the outcome. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/cover1.jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="1800" height_o="2700" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/cover1_o.jpg" data-mid="6610828" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/webcover.jpg" width="600" height="625" width_o="600" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/webcover_o.jpg" data-mid="6610840" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/cover2.jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="1800" height_o="2700" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/cover2_o.jpg" data-mid="6610851" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/webcover2.jpg" width="600" height="625" width_o="600" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359771/webcover2_o.jpg" data-mid="6610856" border="0" align="left"/> Rapunzel Book Covers Story: A man and his wife lived next to a witch, who had a garden surrounded by a wall. The wife wanted some of the lettuce so badly that the... http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/Body-Metaphors http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/Body-Metaphors Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:30:51 +0000 Taylor Trostle 1359678 Body Metaphors Cards This project was an exploration in constructing visual messages using the human body as a metaphor. After a rough image and word search, connections between body and landscape became apparent. I decided to focus on the black and white portraits of Ryan McGinley and black and white landscapes of Ansel Adams for my collages. As the images are powerful and sharp, I decided to contrast that with handwritten type and pattern. The text is from sections of a Tom Wolfe novel, as I found a strong relationship between the imagery of the text and the emotion shown in the images. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_o.jpg" data-mid="6610368" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_3.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_3_o.jpg" data-mid="6610370" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_5.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_5_o.jpg" data-mid="6610383" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_6.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_6_o.jpg" data-mid="6610389" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_8.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_8_o.jpg" data-mid="6610392" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_7.jpg" width="670" height="454" width_o="2048" height_o="1390" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_7_o.jpg" data-mid="6610400" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_15.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_15_o.jpg" data-mid="6610429" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_16.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="720" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359678/bodycards_16_o.jpg" data-mid="6610444" border="0" align="left"/> Body Metaphors Cards This project was an exploration in constructing visual messages using the human body as a metaphor. After a rough image and word search,... http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/Prozac http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/Prozac Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:21:36 +0000 Taylor Trostle 1359624 Prozac Typographic Diorama Specimen boxes are used as a way to protect and display precious objects. For this project I explored the box as a way to protect and display a fragment from graphic and typographic history. After researching British graphic designer and typographer, Jonathan Barnbrook, I decided to interpret his typeface, Prozac, created in 1997. Prozac was generated using just six shapes, which I represented through the six letters making up the word Prozac. The pill bottle reflects the relationship between the drug Prozac and the pharmaceutical aesthetic of the letter forms. It explores how the letter forms we use can affect words’ meaning. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359624/Pol013.JPG" width="670" height="937" width_o="1324" height_o="1852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359624/Pol013_o.JPG" data-mid="16917092" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359624/Pol015.JPG" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359624/Pol015_o.JPG" data-mid="6610219" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359624/Pol014.JPG" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359624/Pol014_o.JPG" data-mid="6610221" border="0" align="left"/> Prozac Typographic Diorama Specimen boxes are used as a way to protect and display precious objects. For this project I explored the box as a way to protect and... http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/The-Reading-Machine http://cargocollective.com/ttrostle/following/ttrostle/The-Reading-Machine Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:11:42 +0000 Taylor Trostle 1359547 The Reading Machine Accordion Booklet Using the satirical text, “The Readies” by Bob Brown, we were asked to create a series of collages exploring relationships between human, machine and type. We then selected portions of the text to create a cohesive accordian that both illustrated the text and made varying use of space. The transition focuses on technology consuming consciousness. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/IMG_5143.JPG" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/IMG_5143_o.JPG" data-mid="6610003" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/IMG_5146.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/IMG_5146_o.JPG" data-mid="6610004" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/readiesspread.jpg" width="670" height="335" width_o="2048" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/readiesspread_o.jpg" data-mid="6661765" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/readiesspread2.jpg" width="670" height="335" width_o="2048" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/readiesspread2_o.jpg" data-mid="16917163" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/readiesspread3.jpg" width="670" height="335" width_o="2048" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105863/1359547/readiesspread3_o.jpg" data-mid="6661820" border="0" align="left"/> The Reading Machine Accordion Booklet Using the satirical text, “The Readies” by Bob Brown, we were asked to create a series of collages exploring...