ANALOG GRAPHICS: REFRESHING, UNPRACTICAL AND TOTALLY WORTH IT
Either way, I feel lucky to be a designer in an age where I don’t have to choose one approach over the other. We have a wide range of tools to explore and combine. Digital tools offer speed and precision that help offset the impracticalities of analog methods, especially when it comes to reproduction and editing. The back-and-forth between both worlds creates a dynamic process that often leads to warm, human results.
In a way I couldn’t put better myself, here’s a quote from Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design: “In this day and age of e-gadgets, i-thing, and all things high-tech and electronic, there remain some very reliable, non-high-tech tools that can help design reconnect with its audience. Even the hint of a hand-created element can activate a surface, instill passion and energy into a medium, and reassure the recipient that human understanding and insight are the foundations for the message.”
In the projects featured here, I’ve used diverse techniques and materials: classic analog collages, block printing, paper lithography, and even manually arranged rocks, staples and duct tape. The possibilities are as unconventional as they are endless.
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