36 Days of Type with Typearture

​36 Days of Type is a global event that invites designers, illustrators and graphic artists to express their particular interpretation of the letters and numbers of the Latin alphabet.

​For the 8th edition of this event, Arthur Reinders Folmer – from Typearture – released daily, richly illustrated characters, based upon worldwide pollution events. To give the characters background information, each illustration is accompanied by a short poetic sentence, explaining the event and its impact.

​Typearture’s characters consist of two parts: The serenity of nature and the disrupting, harmful impact of pollution. These parts collide in a single character, creating a sharp contrast of blooming meadows and nestling birds with toxic waste and oil spills, showing what was once and what is now: The impact of humanity at its best.

​Using bold strokes, Ben-Day dot patterns and a limited color palette, each letter refers to visual styles we know from children’s books, hiding the cruelty in plain sight. Combined with the accompanying text, these characters make you take a second look and discover more about the events they illustrate.

​If it was this easy to come up with events for an A-to-Z, what does it say about the state of our world?

​On Friday, May 7th, Thomas Dahm – from Neon Moire – talks with Typearture to recap the past 36 Days of Type. They will talk about Arthur's ideation, the process and what's next for the character set.

​Join us Friday, May 7th, at 4pm CEST.

​Register for free.

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