How we collaborated on an on-going generative type system.
Deb: So, we want to write this article for Alphabettes, right?
Saachi: Yeah, to talk about our process. How we actually built Tangent.
Deb: How did we even start? It feels like we got to it so fast. Like one day we had nothing, and the next we had… a superfamily?
Saachi: Okay, let’s back up. All the way to the beginning.
Pit Stop 1: (Crossed) Pathways
It began in Kelsey Elder’s class called Variable; with the assignment Kit-Car. The brief was simple:
In the spirit of Sister Corita Kent, observe the world around you, and find a source. Look to find form in things that are, too, made up of shapes or parts. Consider toys, patterns on family heirlooms, fundamental shapes of objects, optical illusions, and so on. Create components from this source of inspiration and use them to make a set of static glyphs.
Corita Kent’s line: “learn to see the world by looking at the world one piece at a time” was basically the north star for the whole thing. Start small, start with parts.
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