Readymag Design Workout

A folder. Image via the Lifschitz family archive.

Readymag tip:

After you’ve chosen a font, look for text style and size that will fit the task.

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Propose a lettering for a folder containing the following documents:

a) a project for the hover train by

a Russian space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1927;

b) a project for hexagonal game

'Hex' by a Dutch polymath Piet Hein, 1942;

c) a patent for Rubic's cube by

a Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik, 1975.

Soviet control panel. Courtesy of Dmitry Barbanel.

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Readymag tip:

Play with animations offset to make them more realistic.

Imagine what this remote control may be used for and create a visualisation of what happens when you press some of the buttons.

Sack #3. Damien Correll.

Readymag tip:

Try to combine cropped images, shapes and icons.

Five friends have come together in the same room (you see them below). Depict five houses — for each one of them and their families.

Readymag tip:

Consider using animation with multiple steps.

Create a self-made timer: any device or gadget that will allow you to time exactly a minute.

Readymag tip:

Use as many widgets and widget types as possible!

Make a collage recreating a feeling of tropical woods. Avoid using anything green, though!