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Who is Rodchenko?

A Medium publication showing the approach I took to develop three spreads for a class book being produced on various influencial designers for Communication Design Studio. I specifically focused on telling the story of Aleksandr Rodchenko.

Final Reflection: Rodchenko Book Spreads

Final Reflection: Rodchenko Book Spreads

Disclaimer: I have tried multiple times to sit down and write this reflection and I know that I should have been consistent with keeping…

Mar 30, 2016

First Attempt: Content + Spreads

First Attempt: Content + Spreads

I know that tomorrow in class I’ll probably get critiqued on how Bebas Neue is too difficult to read for body copy. But it’s a start!

Feb 29, 2016

Rodchenko + Personality in Fonts

Rodchenko + Personality in Fonts

The font should be bold and loud, dark and heavy. It should be consistent with Constructivist fonts and Russian history.

Feb 29, 2016

First Attempts

These were really awful first iterations where none of us really knew how to go about organizing the content just yet. I’m glad that we…

Feb 25, 2016

Grids, Columns, Details

Grids, Columns, Details

We had a really interesting class today analyzing how people designed spreads. Some people had less on the page. I had chunks of text and…

Feb 25, 2016

Help from Pinterest: Grid Layouts

Help from Pinterest: Grid Layouts

These are some examples I’ll be using as reference for creating my three spread mockups. Pinterest has been super helpful as a resource…

Feb 22, 2016

Bio: Aleksandr Rodchenko, a.k.a “Anti”

Bio: Aleksandr Rodchenko, a.k.a “Anti”

“We were for the new world, the world of industry, technology and science. We were for the new man, we sensed him but could not quite…

Feb 21, 2016

+ Aleksandr Rodchenko

+ Aleksandr Rodchenko

Born into a working class family and growing up in St. Petersburg, Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko had little to no exposure to the art…

Feb 15, 2016

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