The solutions he arrived at are really effective, due mainly to their apparent simplicity, many of. Word as image by ji lee meet your next favorite book. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Check out our resources for adapting to these times. This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lee s headscratching word images, along with tips to help you create your own and share them at. Lees new book, a collection of nearly 100 examples of his wordimages, which started as an exercise in his typography class. His projects include the bubble project, word as image and drawings for my grandchildren. Jun 2, 2018 various word as image works, inspired from ji lee s book. This promovideo is a presentation for his new book word as image. Its about discovering the magic behind the unique shapes and infinite possibilities of letters and words. Playful lettering alterations transform ordinary words. It contains about 100 concrete poems based on the simple premise of finding some way of illustrating the meaning of the selected word from the shape of the word or the letters that form it.
Ji says the challenge was very hard, but the reward of cracking a word felt great. Semantic typography is playful with words creative bloq. Jan 17, 2018 various word as image works, inspired from ji lee s book. Ji lee is the founder of the widely publicized bubble project and the author of two books. Words as images by ji lee last updated on january 18, 2018 whenever we read a news story, book, letter, or any other form of text our brain relates specific words with previously seen images. Lee first began playing with words as images 20 years ago while in a typography class at. Ji even published a book on this in 2011 called word as image that contained nearly 100 words. Lee s work has been featured in leading publications and hes even published a book titled word as image. Joining univers revolved in the collection of lee s independent projects to take book form is word as image, which illustrates 100 of his headscratching designs, some of which we first. This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lee s headscratching word meaning images, along. Ji lee takes popular words and brings them to life by. This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lee s headscratching word images. Use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside parts.
Word as image is clever and entertaining book, which invites you to see letters beyond their utilitarian dullness. Ji lee was born in korea, raised in brazil and lives in new york. Enhanced ebook with nearly 100 animated words as images with sounds. Ji was named one of the 50 most influential designers in america by fast company. Below are some of the images made by the graphic designer ji lee, from his independent, word as image project. You can find there more than 100 illustrations words becoming image. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lee s headscratching word meaning images, along with tips to help you make your own creative lettering. While for ji lee, he never stop finding fun in letters, words and even wrote a book called word as image to show us his finding. Clever word art with hidden meanings by ji lee joyenergizer. All you need is a little creative thinking and to see words and letters in a different way. Since we last covered ji lee and his word as image project, hes added some more calligrams and published an interactive ebook to let you, the reader, get more involved.
Designer ji lee created a book called word as image, in which he takes on this challenge. It began as an assignment for his typography class while in art school, which encouraged students to see beyond the practicality of letterforms and instead play with their shapes to discover their creative potential. Ji lees word as image is a small square shaped book about the size of a cd case. Lees book word as image features nearly 100 pieces of these amazing images and also tips so you can create your own. This playful series by ji lee called word as image is one thats nearly 20 years in the making. Word as image a project by ji lee facebook communication designer typography is a skillful art which is formed with a great vision and perception.
Words as images by ji lee word design, typography logo. Use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside elements. Taking this one step further, ji lee eliminates the need for our brain to do this process. Ji lee is a designer and frequent contributor to the new york times whose work has been featured on abc world news and in newsweek, wired, the guardian, the huffington post, and boing boing, among others. Word as image invites you to see letters beyond their utilitarian dull. It began as an assignment for his typography class while in art school, which encouraged students to see beyond the practicality of letterforms and instead play with. But its a minor issue, its quite little, portable and fast to read, i. See more ideas about words, logos design and typography design. Buy word as image book online at low prices in india. This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lees headscratching word images, along with tips to help you create your own and share them at. Started 20 years ago as an assignment in his typography class at art school, the project asks us to play right along with him and see if we can contort letters inside words to come up with some clever images ourselves.
By accessing our past memories, like a hard drive, our brain is able to create a visual illustration simply out of words. Word as image invites you to see letters beyond their utilitarian dullness. Word as image ebook with 90 animated words youtube. Making a typography poster is a little thing but creating it emphatically is a real thing. He clipped the article and brought it to school to share. Word as image is a project by ji lee, where he set himself the challenge of taking a word and using only the letters in that word, to form an image to represent said word.
Lees new book, a collection of nearly 100 examples of his word images, which started as an exercise in his typography class. This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lees headscratching word meaning images, along with tips to help you make your own creative lettering. Various word as image works, inspired from ji lees book. Various word as image works, inspired from ji lee s book. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. This fully animated enhanced edition showcases nearly 100 of ji lee s headscratching word images, along with tips to help you create your own and share them at. When we were young, letters were like fun toys, writes facebook creative director ji lee in the introduction to his new book, word as image perigee. Ji lee tries to bring some of that magic back with his recently released book word as image. Koreanborn and current palo altobased graphic designer ji lee recently debuted a book titled word as image in which he crafts a. The series resulted in a book, entitled word as image a picture may be worth a thousand words, but what if you make a picture out of a word itself. Word as image paperback 4 october 2011 by ji lee author visit amazons ji lee page. These images are taken from ji lee s book, word as. Enhanced with entertaining and surprising animations for each word, word as image invites you to see letters beyond their utilitarian dullness. Thats exactly what korean designer ji lee has done in this fun little series of images.
Lee has given numerous lectures, including harvard university, mit and moma. Designer ji lees book entitled word as image brilliantly illustrates the power of picturing words. Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. Designer ji lee makes clever calligrams that visualize the. This book showcases nearly 100 of ji lee s headscratching word images, along with tips to help you create your own and share them at our associated website. When we read a news story, book, letter, or any other form of text our brain relates specific words with previously seen images. Ji lee express so much in a way that almost feels poetic then only thing i would like to improve would be the binding of the book as some images are meant to be read as a twopage spread but its a bit hard open the pages. Artist turns words into logos with hidden meanings 48 pics. This fully animated enhanced edition showcases nearly 100 of ji lees headscratching word images, along with tips to help you create your. Word as image, ji lee 9780399536953 penguin books usa.
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