ABC’s for a Night Out


2023


A UWE (University of the West of England) project; creating an ABC Primer (a tool often used to teach children their ABC’s i.e. A for Apple). 


I decided to focus the basis of the ABC primer on the subject of ‘A Night Out’. Using a mind map and mood boards, I developed 26 alphabet-based designs, each built around a character, phrase, and image. The style was shaped by a vibrant colour palette (red, green, purple and cream) and two contrasting typefaces: Body Grotesque Large and Coco Gothic Light Italic. Each square followed a set format with loose, chaotic backdrops—explosions, splashes, patterns—to reflect the unpredictability of nightlife. The images were mostly shot over the summer on nights out with my digital camera, with a few sourced as stock. Designs were built in Photoshop, repeated across the full alphabet. A project that allowed me to combine photography, colour, and type expressively—though I’d rework some errors and turn it into a booklet if I did it again.


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