The concept: from lettering to “lettering”
This project was especially carried out as a contribution to the exhibition BCNMCR, an event curated and organized by Dave Sedgwick. My piece consisted of a personal recreation of three letters from signs in Barcelona and three from Manchester. The exhibition was held at Manchester’s TwentyTwentyTwo venue and opened from the 27th of March to the 23rd of April 2014.
Despite being related to the self-commissioned project I did two years ago, this time, a higher level of interpretation would be necessary, through illustration, colour and various graphic treatments. My personal challenge was to achieve a balance between the original lettering and an illustrated reinterpretation in a more ‘typographic’ manner by redefining the proportions and design, keeping in mind the final poster format, all by following my intuition.

Choosing the letters
The challenge was to achieve a balance between the original lettering by redefining proportions (see pic below)  and design and create the final set of posters for the exhibition, keeping in mind two key aspects: choosing the letters that would be most representative of a city but would also need to favor the design project.

Process & resolution
Once the letter was chosen, it was first redrawn by hand, then digitised and finally coloured. I tried different solutions until I found the right one for each letter. The references and experience I have acquired over the years are present in this project, and the alliance between the old and the new creates a tension that becomes a new way of expression.

The concept: from lettering to “lettering”
This project was especially carried out as a contribution to the exhibition BCNMCR, an event curated and organized by Dave Sedgwick. My piece consisted of a personal recreation of three letters from signs in Barcelona and three from Manchester. The exhibition was held at Manchester’s TwentyTwentyTwo venue and opened from the 27th of March to the 23rd of April 2014.
Despite being related to the self-commissioned project I did two years ago, this time, a higher level of interpretation would be necessary, through illustration, colour and various graphic treatments. My personal challenge was to achieve a balance between the original lettering and an illustrated reinterpretation in a more ‘typographic’ manner by redefining the proportions and design, keeping in mind the final poster format, all by following my intuition.

Choosing the letters
The challenge was to achieve a balance between the original lettering by redefining proportions and design and create the final set of posters for the exhibition, keeping in mind two key aspects: choosing the letters that would be most representative of a city but would also need to favor the design project.

Process & resolution
Once the letter was chosen, it was first redrawn by hand, then digitised and finally coloured. I tried different solutions until I found the right one for each letter. The references and experience I have acquired over the years are present in this project, and the alliance between the old and the new creates a tension that becomes a new way of expression.

The concept: from lettering to “lettering”
This project was especially carried out as a contribution to the exhibition BCNMCR, an event curated and organized by Dave Sedgwick. My piece consisted of a personal recreation of three letters from signs in Barcelona and three from Manchester. The exhibition was held at Manchester’s TwentyTwentyTwo venue and opened from the 27th of March to the 23rd of April 2014.
Despite being related to the self-commissioned project I did two years ago, this time, a higher level of interpretation would be necessary, through illustration, colour and various graphic treatments. My personal challenge was to achieve a balance between the original lettering and an illustrated reinterpretation in a more ‘typographic’ manner by redefining the proportions and design, keeping in mind the final poster format, all by following my intuition.

Choosing the letters
The challenge was to achieve a balance between the original lettering by redefining proportions and design and create the final set of posters for the exhibition, keeping in mind two key aspects: choosing the letters that would be most representative of a city but would also need to favor the design project.

Process & resolution
Once the letter was chosen, it was first redrawn by hand, then digitised and finally coloured. I tried different solutions until I found the right one for each letter. The references and experience I have acquired over the years are present in this project, and the alliance between the old and the new creates a tension that becomes a new way of expression.