Grape Face

Tibor

So my room is now all beautiful and tidy, homely enough for me to work in and even for others to visit me in, hence why today i go on to do further posts. On a less happy note this Mac is being slow and draining me so this post probably won't be too articulate.

If everything was as i wanted it to be i would now be doing a most important post on my encounters with the book 'Fabrica' but i'm silly and i don't have it with me, so instead i will go on to explore my findings within another book, entitled 'Tibor', about the works of Hungarian born Graphic Designer Tibor Kalman.
Whilst in the University Library I came across this book in the Graphic Design section. It may seem again like i'm jumping the shark a little, exploring layouts when i am yet to even create the pieces themselves. However looking at this book was one of the things that pushed me towards the the idea of making a book. I was always told at Sixth form that in art you can never be 'finished', so in order to plan my time wisely i am viewing all the possible options that can come post 'make', what i can do with a sculpture afterwards. It also will allow me to bring together the hybrid between Fine Art and Graphic Design.
It wasn't only a case of making a book because i felt i should do something after. My thesis is a narrative one, so it should be represented so that it can be read. Looking at some of the examples of Tibor's work, i found the layouts themselves interesting.
Sometimes the image itself perhaps isn't enough and it may be manipulated through the use of text alongside, different scales, quantity, position etc to bring out the full potential.

Of the layouts i have chosen, some have relevance to subject matter, and different attributes that i could see being in my own work. Some are just on here because they make me smile or think.

Going beyond my reasons for choosing this for research, i've grown a fondness for Tibor's work. He offered designs that were humorous and lighthearted whilst managing to send bold messages to audiences worldwide. Initially i read the book thinking it was a collective of several designers work, realising it was all one man's doing pleasantly surprises me, it's great to see someone who was so varied in their work but still remained identifiable.