Raw Type Brief

I made a submission to Raw Desig in Manchester for a months placement opportunity. The brief was really interesting. As they are a predominently type driven studio they created a brief to design a typeface based upon themes of either; time, sound, photography or light.

I chose sound and created a typeface I named 'Doppler".

The idea was based upon an object moving through air which not only must push some of the air out of the way, but it also creates sound waves. This moving source of sound causes what is known as the Doppler effect. When the object reaches the speed of sound, air cannot readily move out of the way and a shock wave is formed. When the object is moving faster than sound, the resulting sounds travel behind the object, creating a sonic boom.

This typeface explores the shapes created using sound waves and the wake of sound which objects leave behind them. I hope they find it interesting at least.