By Mei Asada
When tackling this project I decided to use the phrase I have nothing to say. I thought of this phrase because I thought it would be comical with the motion of opening and closing the curtain. I wanted to explore making a statement without verbalizing it, and recently I feel that sometimes I don't have anything to say in response to people talking to me. I thought this idea would be more along like fresh/ cheeky humor.
Although this statement could be seen as a cop-out I feel that the message is in the physical action of a closing and opening curtain. Pulling out a curtain typically blocks a person from seeing the outside world, and also does not let the outside see what inside. An open curtain allows people to see outside and allows the outside to see the inside.
The original idea was to have I have nothing to say as a curtain and it could be pulled back and forth. Then after discussing some ideas, it was decided that there should be another curtain saying something in a more comical font for humorous emphasis.
I decided that because the message may not be clear with just one curtain stating I have nothing to say I decided to have another curtain behind it stating I have something to say. The idea is to have both curtains parallel to each other so one can be open while the other one is closed.
The hardest part was putting the vinyl on to the curtain and having both letters be parallel with each other on both curtains.
The typefaces that are used are Fat Frank and Cooper Black, both typefaces do well in large upscaled typography.
Cooper Black is an ultra-bold serif typeface intended for display. Released by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in 1922. It is an extra bold addition to “Cooper Old Style.”
Created by: Oswald Bruce Cooper
Fat Frank is a big-boned typeface that sports slightly rounded corners for friendly appeal. It is inspired by fast-food chains and early 20th-century geometric san-serifs. Best when printed on a large scale.
Created by: Jeff Schreiber
