the 5 minute break

5 Minute Break website snippet 5 Minute Break keycards

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tools used

  • Adobe AfterEffects
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Cardstock and laminating paper

things learned

  • typographic systems
  • use of different info mediums
  • use of color

Graduate Typography, CMU Fall07

This was a lesson in learning how to create a typographic system over three different mediums; a video, a website, and one of our own choice. We were told to choose any subject we wanted; I decided to create a piece on advocating taking the 5 minute break every once in a while. Besides the video and the website, I chose to create little keychain cards for my third piece; something fun and lighthearted that matched the theme of my subject.

This project was especially useful in teaching me how to create a coherent typographic system throughout three different mediums, and learning what types of techniques are good for which medium.

The video I created is below (quality was reduced to reduce streaming file size):

PROCESS

collection of process documentation (click on image to see full size)