name

Shannon Losorelli (ShannonLosorelli)

location

http://www.goodtogetherdesigncollective.com

country

united states

university

Otis College of Art and Design

department

Communication Design

university address

9045 Lincoln blvd.
90045 Los Angeles, CA

university country

united states

url

http://www.otis.edu

Graphic Design Senior at Otis College/ General Lover of Life

id

0006076

title

Formal Invitations

professor(s)

Erin Hauber / Riah Buchanan

rank

698

tags

illustration packaging design poster design typography

year of making

2009

uploaded

2009-12-19 03:23:16

//Formal Events//
This piece was inspired by big life events, Birth, Death, Marriages, and Milestones. A typographic illustration was created to represent each event, and these formal explorations of self generated typography were then transformed into an invitation, to my peers (other Graphic Design Students), to participate in the everyday act of making. A sort of Graphic Design call to action. When assembled, they form a box.
They read as follows:
Death: You are invited to formally pay tribute to design movements past, and lay them to rest beneath the ground you walk on today.
Birth: You are invited to to formally celebrate the fearless act of making something new, before you begin searching for its meaning.
Begin:You are invited to formally pursue any idea you love without knowing what it will lead to as long as you commit to figuring it out.
End: You are invited to formally explore beyond the point of reason, despite your own better judgment, and the critique of your mentors.