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Typographic Poetry explores a variety of poetry that is expressed through experimental forms of type and layout. The publication is distributed quarterly and has a partnership with Waterstones and The Poetry Trust.
Featured poets:
For more information visit www.typographicpoetry.co.uk E.E Cummings Ella Wheller-Wilcox T.S Elliot Ceara Elliot John Keats Allan Edgar Poe Wyston Hugh Auden Jane Kenyon Christopher Marlowe
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Typographic Poetry
Typographic Poetry is a publication that allows the reader to experience poetry in a more creative way. The type and layout of the poems are unique to the poem itself, and there are ten sheets of poetry in one publication. The publication is quarterly, each issue focusing on a different theme of poetry.
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The poems are written, as they would be read themselves. Expressing elements and meanings behind the poetry, through the type and layout of the words. Each individual sheet is different. The poems are printed onto simple, slightly off-white paper, to maintain the traditional and classic feel of the poetry. I feel it also draws attention to the poetry’s interesting existence on the page.
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This is January’s issue, it focuses on the theme ‘Love’. Within the publication, as well as the poems there is also a fold out poster that works as a collective or simply a decorative. The type is the element that I wanted to be effectively shown throughout all of the elements of design work regarding Typographic Poetry. Therefore the posters have little on them, but the significant colour and large type.
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Typographic Poetry is in conjunction with Waterstones, therefore the online access for Typographic Poetry is through the Waterstones website. There is a small amount of decoration on the website, I didn’t want it to be too much, distracting from the content and also going too against the Waterstone’s template. However, I have incorporated the colour scheme in the shape that
is featured on the cover and poster. There is also an available ebook that can be bought on the website that enables the reader to read and zoom in on the poetry.
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The promotional posters would inform viewers of Typographic Poetry and there would be a different poster for each themed publication. The posters are adjustable according to their context, but they work to an A format, the poster framed within a context is A0, onto a matt stock. The angled, coloured shapes are full bleed, ensuring that the poster’s contents doesn’t look slightly out of place.
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This is the in store design for Waterstones. The publication would have a dedicated space within Waterstones that would alter according to the new issue released. There would be the appropriate wall prints and a poster featured in the installation, as well as a piece of thick mount board that would allow people to write small abstracts of their own poetry. This would be a
interactive way to create a more interesting and creative atmosphere in the stall. As for the window display, it would be the creative type featured on the cover, but larger and spread across the window display. A simple, clean set up behind the window would also help advertise the issue.
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