03-09-09
typorganism is an interesting site by Gicheol Lee I found looking for typography based illustrations on the net. Gicheol believes that type is some kind of organism. He proves this in his site with a series of communication experiments exploring computational interaction design, which understands typo as some kind of entity that lives in the net which responds to user interactions, evolves with time and is in a way, alive.
I include one of the most interesting examples I have found: the ASCII-0Matic image generator which transforms an image into a ASCII text based image which you can then generate in html.
I have known Jesús Galiana for about 10 years. I have worked with him for about 6 of them and I know that when I involve him into a project the result is not added, it’s multiplied. No matter what I have needed from him: illustrations, text, slogans, concepts, advertising creativity, conceptual approaches for websites, hand drawn typography, or just a friendly talk, he has always delivered excellent work, that made my work grow as well.
The corporate banner Casino, published in Canal Snowboard, and created for hydroponic is a great example. He came up with the concept and told me: “Hey, I have this crazy idea, but I’m not sure if you will like it… What if we make a banner in which people can play the game of the 5 finger fillet?”– It only took me 30 seconds to say: “That’s a brilliant idea!!! We will do it!”This concept filled every necessity we had for a banner. It was connected to the concept of the collection which we called Risk/Casino, it was entertainment for the visitor of the site and in the end you could register to win 2 forfaits to view the Hydroponic Pipe Factory contest in Andorra.
Another great example of his work is his portfolio j-galiana, which he designed and we programed. But, the point of this post is his profile page. It has been mentioned in quinta tinta with the following title: Learn to make your cv. Jesús, instead of just writing down lots of boring information about himself, illustrated the “story of his life”. This is a great way to out stand in a crowded market by making something pretty different to the rest. It represents an attitude and it calls the attention of your potential customers. That’s exactly what you need to do when writing a cv.
