Urbanized typeface

Started in summer 2008, the work "Urbanized Typeface" of graphic designer Takahiro Yamaguchi is the combination of the production of an experimental font and a multimedia installation. The process here is the heart of the project, that of creating signs in the city (the Shibuya district is in Tokyo City) following a predefined map, armed with a GPS data which determine the alphabet, and a subjective camera.
Take the size of the project : using a keyboard, you type the letter and it displays the same time the video of the course and its mapping. Each sign takes between 2 and 3 hours to do and it’s continue today with punctuation marks. The choice of a capital Roman alphabet was imposed by the simplicity of forms unlike signs hiragana, one component of the Japanese alphabet.

Now in Typologic exhibition and ICC Open Space 2009.

More about "Urbanized typeface" : yang02.org

Thanks to Jérémie Nuel (Atelier Aquarium) for this post from Tokyo !