OUGD405 - Wolfgang Weingart and David Carson

OUGD405 - Wolfgang Weingart and David Carson

“What’s the use of being legible, when nothing inspires you to take notice of it?”

- Wolfgang Weingart

“Don’t mistake legibility for communication” 

- David Carson

Two designers with a masterful command over typography are Wolfgang Weingart and David Carson. Both of them defied standard approaches and applications of typography and instead thrived in illegibility and more abstract approaches. While Weingart was credited for the creation of 'New Wave’ or “Swiss Punk Typography”, Carson was hailed for his new ‘Grunge Typography” style. 

A great deal of inspiration can be taken from both of these masters of design when creating posters for Cell Phone Symphony; utilising techniques such as; non standard layouts/grids, the manipulation of letterforms and a generally more visual approach to typography, using the forms figuratively.