Rory King Graphic Designer Selected Work rorykingdesign@gmail.com www.rorykingdesign.com
Typography Summer School New York From August 4 8, 2014 I attended the Typography Summer School in New York City. Founded by Fraser Muggeridge, and initiated by Other Means in the USA, the Typography Summer School investigates real projects with actual briefs, clients and budgets. Lecturers throughout the week included Julian Bittiner, Neil Donnelly, Bob Gill, Francesca Grassi, Hilary Greenbaum, Geoff Han, Other Means, Fraser Muggeridge, and David Senior The brief I was given asked to design a visual identity for the launch of the new HEALTH record that can extend into multiple applications. Shown here is the identity s typographic system applied to a poster, and a reinterpretation of the typography applied to the website and its mobile version. An in-depth analysis of my case study can be read at www.rorykingdesign.com/ typography-summer-school.html All work shown here is designed by Rory King, a participant at Typography Summer School New York, 2014.
Sway Website Eight months after the last magazine issue of Sway, my friend Jarrett and I decided to relaunch Sway as a new format and concept. With weekly themes as its foundation, Sway researches, curates, discourses, envisions, and art directs the upcoming and current trends of visual communication. Projects have included week-long dialogues, podcasts, one-off websites, posters, illustrated interpretations and more. www.this-is-sway.tumblr.com
Sway: The Five Obstructions In the second episode of the Sway podcast, we discussed the documentary The Five Obstructions. In the film, Lars von Trier asks Jørgen Leth to remake his short film The Perfect Human five times with different constraints imposed by von Trier. We adapted the concept for Sway by selecting a favorite project of each others and for five weeks ask the other to redesign that project within different constraints and guidelines. The concept of this case study challenges us to reconsider the best solution five different times in addition to thinking pedagogically when instructing the other person. I was instructed to redesign my Nuit Noire Winery identity (last page of this PDF). Shown here are a few of my solutions to week 2 (top: logo and fullpage advertisement) which revolved around the idea of star constellations, and week 4 (bottom: silkscreen bottles and label detail) which evolved from giving art nouveau a modern aesthetic. All five weeks can be seen at www.this-is-sway.tumblr.com/tagged/ the-five-obstructions
USC Architecture Bulletin Three booklets, each detailing a certain aspect of the USC Architecture program, unified as one bulletin. Completed while interning at 2 4. Design Credits: Studio: 2 4 Creative Director: Susan Sellers Art Director: David Yun Design Team: Florian Mewes
Posters These posters were created for a few of my favorite bands. They were designed based on each band s personality and sound. For example, Godspeed You Black Emperor s songs are composed of many smaller movements, similar to classical music played by an orchestra. That poster was designed to make the viewer read the information in movements similar to Godspeed s compositions.
Benya Barshai Website Design and programming for composer and guitarist Benya Barshai s website. The mosaic layout represents Barshai s wide range of styles and compositions. The site is also responsive for a variety of devices.
Sway Magazine The original concept for Sway was to provide a creative outlet for my friend and I to explore topics of interest and grow as designers. Each issue of Sway has a predetermined theme and we are then given six spreads each and two weeks to respond in any way we wish to that theme. Other constraints are decided upon before design of the issue begins. We separately spend our time researching and exploring the themes, finding essays, imagery, articles and facts from various sources.
New Miseris 7" EP Artwork and layout for the sleeve of the hardcore band New Miseries I, Imperfect EP. The sleeve for the 7 record unfolds into a poster. Cassette and CD versions were also designed.
Dior Boutique Tripartite Catalogs and posters for the hypothetical Dior Tripartite fashion event. The concept was to give an identity to the overall event as well as each featured designer. The solution was to use an overall aesthetic composed of one typeface for all default typography, monotone images and a strict grid. To distinguish each designer, three different colors and typefaces were utilized for each designers name and specific collateral.
Nuit Noire Winery The identity and branding for the hypothetical Nuit Noire Winery was based around the idea that a simple typographic message, with certain words emphasized, could persuade a customer to buy it.