FS Lucas
Campaign & visual identity for the launch of the geometric typeface FS Lucas The brief Fontsmith, one of the leading type foundries in the UK, needed a campaign and visual identity for the launch of their new geometric typeface, FS Lucas. I was more than excited when Jason Smith got in touch and asked me if I could help. The idea The colour‐changing grid ‘illuminates’ the characters, focusing on their individual beauty, presenting the wide range of widths while reminding of the typeface’s sources of inspiration, early 20th century art deco and modernist designs.
A wide range of different-sized animated banners were created. These were shown across many of the creative industry’s popular online magazines, like It’s Nice That, Creative Review etc.
Foldable brochure / poster
A brochure presenting the typeface would unfold to reveal an A1 poster, printed in black, grey and neon Pantone. The brochure / poster was also included in the goodie bags for the Brand Nieuwe Conference in Amsterdam, 2016.
Part of the process
From the very beginning, Cassandre’s and Mies van der Rohe’s works were a big influence. The colours were initially inspired by the former’s posters, while various grids inspired by the latter’s architecture would highlight the beauty of each character.
