Coda Concrete Poem

A concrete poem and imagery made only of typography.

A concrete poem and imagery made only of typography.A concrete poem and imagery made only of typography.

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Project Brief

Background + Objectives

The objective of this project was to create a concrete poem of Dorothy Parker’s “Coda”. This required a relevant underlying image relating to the content of the poem. The image was constructed using only typeface glyphs and colors.

My Role / Team + Stakeholders

I was the sole designer.

Skills Applied
Visual Design
Technology Used
Illustrator
Business Context

Final Design

The final printed design is photographed in a series of images below which highlight chapter openers, text-flow across spreads, and the overall variety of typesetting design.

poster hanging
The final design

Sketches

A concept was derived from Michelangelo’s Pietà. Sketches helped modify the forms into place where text would be typeset. Reference images were either traced while layered together or traced separately. A process of scaling and warping text within these blocked-out shapes retained the figures’ forms.

sketchbook of ideas
Sketchbook of ideas

Research

reference images
Reference images

Iterations

graphic design progression
Early versions
graphic design progression
Early versions
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