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Lauren Hom: Design Pioneer, Hannah Schock Jul 2022

Lauren Hom: Design Pioneer, Hannah Schock

Communication Design: Design Pioneers

Self-made hand lettering artist Lauren Hom is living the American Dream – doing what she loves, having fun, and getting paid to do it all. Based in Detroit, Hom has created quite the following on social media as a playful, whimsical artist who doesn’t take life too seriously. She turns her life’s hardships, friends’ jokes, and weird ideas into art all while not giving a damn what other people think of it. Her journey to where she is now is an inspiration to all aspiring artists.


Lettering Design: Using Handwritten And Illustrative Techniques To Improve Memorization, Kathryn Will Nov 2020

Lettering Design: Using Handwritten And Illustrative Techniques To Improve Memorization, Kathryn Will

Senior Honors Theses

Graphic designers have many choices when designing and communicating with words which can be seen throughout history. Hand lettering techniques have been used for centuries to record information. Then with the development of moveable type came the mass production of reading materials and the introduction of typefaces. Today, much written communication is viewed through a digitized typeface on a screen. However, there has recently been a noticeable increase in hand lettered type, one of these reasons being that hand lettered type can be easier for people to remember. This paper and the visual application of the research examines how hand …


Becca Clason, Sarah Sterner Jul 2020

Becca Clason, Sarah Sterner

Communication Design: Design Pioneers

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