City Library

City Library was a 24” x 36” poster project revolving around several typographic themes. This project was supposed to illustrate a fictional poster to help promote a fictional new library. The design needed to appeal to all sets of an audience. By that I mean, kids, adults and the in-between. I wanted to take a more adult approach to this project, hence the dark edges. The bright pops of orange versus the purple are my reach to a younger crowd.

The top-level graphic element was the quickest part of the entire process. I find myself intrigued by the stained-glass look, as well as, the art deco look. So it was just a means of paring the book shape with a cityscape. Visually I think it is successful and gives off an informative message.

Heavily influenced by the art deco movement, I found myself designing this in hopes of a nostalgic revamp of the current Covington Library. Due to Covington’s current under-funded look, I wanted the poster to take on the reality that is Covington and its current state. I found inspiration in the lack of modernization. Another direction I took for format, was actually library punch cards. The gridded system resembles library cards.

Vertical signage was something I had concerns about on the front side, I was afraid the letters reading vertically might get confusing. Surprised, my peers urged me to keep it. Keeping it added to the vintage meets modern look I was going for.

The backside is a design that I am very proud of. Mostly, because it took hard work and tireless efforts to reach. I found inspiration through calendars and newspaper layout. I wanted to keep a consistent retro theme amongst the full poster. Therefore, I kept the corners similar to the front side by adding in the art deco head graphic and the pencils.

Overall, this project was very tiresome and thoughtful. I find myself looking back on it proud. It was a good reminder that thoughtful design and hard work pay off well.