http://www.chrisburnett.us Chris Burnett / Graphic Design & Typography Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:13:10 +0000 http://www.chrisburnett.us en http://chrisburnett.us/Work http://chrisburnett.us/following/chrisburnett.us/Work Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:13:10 +0000 Chris Burnett / Graphic Design & Typography 1228272 CalArts T-Shirt Show An identity system for the 2012 CalArts T-Shirt Show. Each letter on the poster was created from a design that was submitted for our t-shirt show fundraiser. Under each one, are the initials of the person whos design was translated into the letterform. www.calartstshirtshow.com 23"x35" Poster: 3-Color Screenprint Flyer: 1-Color Screenprint January 2012<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowPoster_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowPoster_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowFlyer1_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="567" width_o="750" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowFlyer1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowFlyer2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="566" width_o="750" height_o="566" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowFlyer2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowFlyer3_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="567" width_o="750" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/T-ShirtShowFlyer3_o.jpg" align="left" /> Dear Wendy A movie poster for Thomas Vinterberg and Lars Von Trier's Dear Wendy, a satire on American gun culture. The poster juxtaposes real and fantasy images of guns in America to support the filmmakers critique. 27"x41" Digital Output December 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DearWendy_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="765" width_o="750" height_o="765" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DearWendy_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DearWendy2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="523" width_o="750" height_o="523" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DearWendy2_o.jpg" align="left" /> This Means Nothing A promotional postcard that questions the idea of the 'promo piece' itself. On one hand, the promo piece is quite meaningless, functioning only as an attention grabber. On the other hand, the purpose if the piece is to have your work recognized which can lead to new and exciting possibilities. 4"x6.5" 2-Color Screenprint January 2012 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/Promo1_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="582" width_o="750" height_o="582" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/Promo1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/Promo2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="547" width_o="750" height_o="547" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/Promo2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Open House An event poster for the CalArts Open House Dance Concert. The big letterforms are constructed by a system of joints, representative of the way a dancer moves when performing. *Collaboration with Bijan Berahimi 24"x36" 3-Color Screenprint October 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/danceposter_1_22_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="718" width_o="750" height_o="718" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/danceposter_1_22_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/danceposter_2_29_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="502" width_o="750" height_o="502" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/danceposter_2_29_o.jpg" align="left" /> Revelation Readings A mailer for the Red Bull Theater production of Revelation Readings, an award winning play-reading series in New York. The mailer shows a classical stage in which the action, or in other words, the main lettering takes place. *Collaboration with Bijan Berahimi 7"x5" 1-Color Offset August 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/revelation_front_3_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="546" width_o="750" height_o="546" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/revelation_front_3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/revelation_4_2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="485" width_o="750" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/revelation_4_2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Ugly Feelings An event poster for Ugly Feelings, a reading and discussion based program highlighting books from Jack Halberstam, Wayne Koestenbaum, and Maggie Nelson. The letterforms on the poster are forms both created and found, that we considered repulsive. *Collaboration with Pedro Lavín 20"x28" 3-Color Screenprint October 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/UglyFeelings1_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="739" width_o="750" height_o="739" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/UglyFeelings1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/UglyFeelings2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/UglyFeelings2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Metropolis A book cover interpreting Fritz Lang's science fiction film Metropolis, about a futuristic city that is supported by a machine city that dwells underneath it. A clean and streamlined book cover is ripped away to reveal mechanical forms that actually hold the typographic structure together. 5.5"x8" Digital Output March 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/Metropolis_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="805" width_o="750" height_o="805" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/Metropolis_o.jpg" align="left" /> Student Choice/MFA1 Dance Concert A poster for the CalArts Student Choice / MFA1 Dance Concert. The square in the bottom of the composition acts as the stage for the big "DANCE" letters to bounce around the page. *Collaboration with Bijan Berahimi. 23"x30" 2 Color Screenprint February 2012<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/StudentChoice1_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="747" width_o="750" height_o="747" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/StudentChoice1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/StudentChoice2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/StudentChoice2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Design Bureau Lettering for Design Bureau Magazine's Gift Guide 2011. The ribbon like letterforms are festive yet sophisticated which is the feeling that they wanted to convey. A set of numbers were also developed to accompany the products in the guide. Visit wearedesignbureau.com. 8"x10" July 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DesignBureau1_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="563" width_o="750" height_o="563" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DesignBureau1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DesignBureau2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DesignBureau2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DesignBureau3_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="509" width_o="750" height_o="509" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/DesignBureau3_o.jpg" align="left" /> Smog Promo A promotional email piece for Smog Design Inc. The idea was 'Hot Fun in the Summertime' so the bright colors and concentric lines help to give the piece energy and excitement. The lettering/ cursive was drawn to fit perfectly inside of the Smog logo (the cloud). Smog Design Inc. 800px Digital File July 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/SmogPromo_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/SmogPromo_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/SmogPromo2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="566" width_o="750" height_o="566" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/SmogPromo2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Vintage Modernists Band Poster for the Vintage Modernists set at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. Different shapes and objects combine to create a unified image of color and harmony. The objects around the band members' names correspond to the instrument that they play. 11"x17" Risograph Print January 2011 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/VintageModernists1_8_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/VintageModernists1_8_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/VintageModernists2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="508" width_o="750" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/VintageModernists2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Ten Freedom Summers An event poster for Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers. The concert takes listeners on a probing journey of immense musical scope–with historical resonances that reach beyond the struggles for African American civil rights in the 1950's and 60's. We created a protest sign which was a staple of the public and social fight for civil rights. *Collaboration with Bijan Berahimi 20"x28" 2-Color Screenprint October 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TenFreedomSummers_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="551" width_o="750" height_o="551" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TenFreedomSummers_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TenFreedomSummers2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="530" width_o="750" height_o="530" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TenFreedomSummers2_o.jpg" align="left" /> California Atlas An infographic about California. The information presented ranges from state facts to ridiculous laws that still exist. California is home to the most interstate highways in the United States which is represented through the lettering on the poster. *Click here for a hi-res version. 27"x18" Digital Output April 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/CaliforniaAtlas_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/CaliforniaAtlas_o.jpg" align="left" /> It Looks Like An independent project that explored the combination of a maze with letterforms. The goal of the poster was to play with the viewers ability to read the typography within the slanted forms. *2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semifinalist 18"x24" Digital Output September 2010<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/MazePoster_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1000" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/MazePoster_o.jpg" align="left" /> RRR3 A piece done for the 3rd publication of the RRR project curated by Scott Massey. The goal of the RRR project is to create new work by recycling completed works. So I took the lettering from a poster I had done recently and exhausted the lines while adding numerous amounts of color and texture. www.rrrproject.com 6"x9" April 2011 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/RRR03_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1040" width_o="750" height_o="1040" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/RRR03_o.jpg" align="left" /> The Subway An infographic about various subway systems around the world. Each letter is constructed with information about each system which is represented through icons presented in the key. Info shown includes ridership, track length, no of stops, and ticket costs. *Click here for hi-res version *2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semifinalist 24"x18" Digital Output January 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TheSubway1_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="486" width_o="750" height_o="486" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TheSubway1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TheSubway2_1000.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="554" width_o="750" height_o="554" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18238/1228272/TheSubway2_o.jpg" align="left" /> .titles {font-weight:900; margin-bottom:-5px; font-size: 16px;} .pullquote {font-size:42px; margin-top:53px; margin-left:2px; padding-left:3px; padding-bottom:30px; margin-bottom: -8px;font-weight:200; width:980px; text-indent: -2px; border-bottom:1px dotted #262c3e; } .project_content img {margin-top:10px;} .columntext {font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 140%;}#menu_1228272 a { color: #262C3E; font-weight: 900; }