'Signing Out'
One routine we go through almost everyday of study is signing in. Each morning and evening we leave a personal mark to prove out attendance.
An artist always signs off their masterpiece, and their will be one day which we will sign in (or sign out) for the last time.
As last year's yearbook and end of year show lacked personality, this is a fantastic way to show personality, as everyone's handwriting is unique. Obviously to include actual signatures would be too personal (and a risk of forgery), so we thought everyone could use another signature.
The idea of using handwriting can be used more than just a signature. We intend to look into the idea of using handwriting in contrast to something more structural and consistent.
This is quite a drastic overlay and uses paint over a marker pen. I like how this works on the image, but I feel that if is far too expressive to work on the yearbook, and doesn't communicate handwriting.
Designer Unknown:
Here I like the marks that have been made, using a dry marker. However, they feel like doodles and have no function. I think if we were to add marks to something, I think they should be functional.
Bureau Mirko Borsche
This is an interesting way of manipulating an image - by cropping or cutting the image and crudely filling in the rest. However this would not work well in the yearbook, as it means crudely manipulating people's work, which would seem disrespectful.
Thinking Through The Body — Matthijs 'Matt' van Leeuwen
The system above of structure vs handwriting works well as it does not effect the functionality of the leaflet. This is simply because the text is repeated as both a typeface and as handwriting. This is just an aesthetic choice though, and does not hold any functionality.
Hort —Brasil Vs Germany Poster
The above poster works really well. The contrast of a very structural typeface (in black),vs the hand rendered side in red work really well together to give a more personal feel.
Hort — Calleunderground
I like the way hand writing has been used in the above project, although it is slightly too chaotic. Hand writing has been used to add letters, meaning there is some function.
thexxvth— Spotted
Although the handwriting added above aren't really functional, I think they express a lot more personality than some of the previous options. Maybe a thinner pen should be used so more detail can be achieved in the yearbook.
HelloMe (Berlin) — Nadine Goepfert
Like the previous poster, I think handwriting has been used here well to give elegance and much more personality.
Commission Studio (London) — It's Nice That Annual 2013
Here you can see the use of handwriting in something similar to the yearbook. The handwriting is very stylised on the cover, but I think it looks really interesting in the double page spread with corrections. These could be quite comical, with ridiculous or strange things crossed out in the body copy.
