name

Anna-Lena Lucas (annaluc)

country

germany

university

Ruhrakademie Schwerte

department

Graphic Design

university address

Hagener Str. 241
58239 Schwerte

university country

germany

url

http://www.ruhrakademie.de

id

0009206

title

Vox sans (Bodytype)

professor(s)

HD Schellnack

rank

-

tags

type design illustration

year of making

2008

uploaded

2010-02-14 18:45:34

What is experimental typography?
- It's not always pencil and paper.
- It's coded. It happens accidently.
- It's graphical.

What makes your body to a certain character, a special font?
- Your biology (Adenine. Cytosine. Guanine. Thymine.)
- Your Make-up. Your hair.
- Jewelry. Clothing.
- Culture. Subculture.
- Age.

What can you do with your body apart from beautifying, disfiguring, luxating?
- NOISE!!!
Clapping. Piping. Pounding. Aspirating. Coughing. Sneezing. Laughing. Smacking.

Imagine taking 26 different sounds produced with your body (NOT your voice!) and allocating them to every single letter of the (german) alphabet. Imagine recording that sounds, tracing their sound curves, layouting them...

What would that type look like?