Thursday, February 5, 2009

Type IV-What is experiencial typography?

1 comment:

thenewprogramme said...

nick, you are definitely in interesting territory here, and there is a lot of potential for type that changes over time. you have found some good shoulders to stand on.

as i said, the temporal aspect of the global warming type is somewhat predictable -- we know it will melt. we don't know the details though, and we discussed other aesthetic choices that will add interest to the piece.

if your content is global warming, then i would suggest looking at a range of ways heat and light can affect a surface in unusual or unexpected ways. i saw somewhere online an example of popcorn type that was heated in a skillet until it exploded. are there other materials, or even unusual things you could do with the ice, to produce unexpected results?

you could conduct several quick studies and tests to check some of these things out.