Sounds of Legends - Music Icons: 50 Years
Typographic & Visual Systems | Spring 2023
Objective | Using typographic elements, the designer must create a concept and three unique and experimental posters for an upcoming event to visually represent three substantial people.
Music Icons: 50 Years focuses on the musical giants Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, and Madonna. The central theme of my concept, “Sounds of Legends,” is to showcase the unique characteristics and shining features of each artist and their musical identity, which should be the driving force behind the design of the posters.
Research and Brainstorming
Key Takeaways
Ravi’s music is based on traditional Indian rhythms, melodies, and instruments like the sitar.
Jimi is known for revolutionizing the electric guitar and how it can sound, focusing on the distortion and feedback sounds of the guitar.
Madonna’s style is more towards pop dance music with a feminine and sexual tone in her vocals and stage performances.
Physical Concepts and Experimentation
These initial free-play studies helped me decide on concept directions and allowed me to experiment with how I could physically manipulate the type.
Moving Digitally
Initial Poster Concepts
After the free-play, I moved digitally. I organized different compositions based on the typography and information given for the events.
Finalizing Free-Play
After much experimentation and more rounds of free play, I used adjectives that described the artist’s music and warped the words to physically embody their meaning.
Colors & Type to Match the Music
Ravi
Jimi
Madonna
I included purple hues throughout the posters to represent the mixture of genres in their unique musical styles. Using a complementary color palette.
Final Solutions
