#kindanervous

A Tale of Two Cities:Narrative Archive of Memories II

This is an exhibition poster created by the influential Korean design duo Suki & Min for an exhibition at the Arko Art Center. This exhibition poster is not actually the original, the original from 2017 was inspired by colors found in everyday Seoul signage, this 2018 adaption uses a palette inspired by imaginary southern towns. I feel like this creates a deliberate sense of displacement, making the poster pop against a real-world environment. The designers use a strategy of extreme scale contrast which is what I would say initially drew me towards it - blowing up the English title so large that it bleeds off the edges and transforming the letters to abstract shapes. Underneath the foreground is a dense Korean text that acts as a structural grid which creates a really nice tension between the loud colorful front contrasting with the quiet informative (I’m guessing it’s informative) background.

I feel like this design feels like a metaphor. The bright overlapping letters mimic the chaos of neon signs and commercial branding while the small justified text blocks represent the orderly life people live there. The layering effectively communicated the ‘tale’ of two cities by showing how different narratives (public and private) constantly overlap and compete for our attention.

I think this poster is really helpful and can be relevant to my work because it treats typography as an image proving text doesn’t always have to be perfectly legible to be meaningful. Sometimes color, scale and the vibe of a word can communicate more than the actual definition. I also really like the use of a visible grid even with all the overlap in the foreground, you can still see a clear visible grid within the background and the foreground (more so background as there’s no overlap) and I think this just keeps it grounded and professional keeping a clean layout which feels modern and aesthetically pleasing.

Comment if you like my poster choice! Very Colorful :)

hi tumblr, first post kinda nervouse

It's a new era and we're changing things up into something more sustainable for once. Because of work and not having any ideas for what to do with this account, I just left it there. Even though I love to just browse through my feed and engage with all the beautiful stuff that's posted by art accounts on this platform, there was no way for me to contribute to any of that. All I've been doing to de-stress lately has been to just create an abnormal amount of Spotify playlists by combining new music I discover with some of my favorite photographs from Unsplash.

That did sound like something I could share. Everyone makes their own playlists and they're unique to them, which is something that I found really exciting. Because even though everyone has those "3 am thoughts" and "that one feeling" playlists, they all have different songs in them. So, in that respect, there's always a story behind a playlist for everyone. And there's always a playlist that you'll find has not a single song you skip over.

Maybe in my posts, you'll find at least one song that really changes your life in some way, or just reconnects you to old music tastes you had and that awakens something entirely new. I'm also doing this because I want to develop my own music knowledge, 'expand my horizons' as it goes. So if you encounter this post at some point in your own feed or whatever, do take a look at my playlist covers and see if there's anything that speaks to you.

Even if you don't find anything new or interesting, you could leave your own suggestions for music that you think fits the vibe I'm going for in each of the selections. I'm open to any and all feedback. I also plan to have some collaborative playlists for the Spotify users out there who feel up to the challenge of having their name show up next to their favorite tracks. I always support those who take credit for the things they love.

Let's see where this goes, shall we? I'm not expecting a whole lot of interest, because not everyone turns their moments of procrastination into passion projects (which is probably healthier, I wouldn't know), but still. Kind of excited to be here for the journey.

Catch you in the comments :)

Also, here are my relevant socials (also working on curating my Unsplash account so I can add that here soon):

Spotify: RythmicMist

Instagram: @rythmcmst