Yesterday we gathered our first stage of Research for the first of a series collaborative projects.

This first one with BeyondPAR entitled ‘Togetherness’ is essentially to get together, lock heads, share ideas and see what happens.

After a couple of meetings we’ve decided to look more into Kaleidoscopes and the abstract shapes and patterns they create.

We asked people to select any number of coloured shapes they feel drawn to, associate a feel with, an emotional attachment or that may represent them in one way or another.

We hope to take each individual case and then ‘splice’ them and experiment by taking different people and mix them together.

With our homemade Kaleidoscope we’ll then begin to record the outcome… and eventually create digital and mixed-media visuals from what we find.

You can follow our progress on the tumblr and twitter.

Rich.

I developed this typeface as part of my ongoing research into the cause and effect of dreams and nightmares.

Originally this was to be an Advent Calendar as I wanted to do something more interactive than just a book compiled of illustrations.  Opening each ‘letter door’ would reveal part of an illustration underneath.

Each day the user would be able to piece together the complex image underneath which was constructed with my research into the experiences people have had with their dreams and nightmares.  The type above was structured around the existing ‘Times New Roman’ typeface.

Rich.