Even in a Fire, Do Not Disturb Christy!
Ok. This was fun. The first stage of the design task was to find a poorly designed sign. The only requirements were that it had to be hand-made with three levels of hierarchy. After looking at many, I found this photo of a humorous sign:
Then, using the exact same materials and content (no more, no less) we were to hand-design a new sign using form, balance, hierarchy, space and other graphic design skills. But we could not introduce anything new to the sign…only what existed. The main goal was to design it well and emphasize the intended message. So I got my 6×12 piece of cardboard and a thin black pen and set off to redesign this bland, but humorous sign.
My first thought was this sign’s primary message was about not disturbing Christie. I mean, she was serious about this. Even if a 3-alarm fire breaks out, leave me be; I am not to be disturbed. I set out with various sketches and ideas, laying out grids, experimenting with type. I new I had to get this right in the preliminary rounds because when inking cardboard, there is no command-z. Once a design, grid, typeface, and hierarchy was decided the tedious task of hand designing a sign commenced. After many hours with ruler, pencil and pen in hand, here is the final redesign and final replacement:
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