is an experimental typography project.
CONCEPT
My concept was to mash Helvetica typeface with the so called Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis funghy that infects insects.
Helvetica is arguably the most perfect typeface of all time. In this experimental design project I "infected" typography's holy and inviolable Mantra, the Helvetica typeface with graphic elements inspired by the Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis funghy.
KONCEPCIÓ
A koncepcióm a Helvetica betűtípus és az Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis rovarokat fertőző gomba egyvelege.
A Helvetica a történelem vitathatóan legtökéletesebb betűtípusa. Mantra névre keresztelt experimentális design projectemben a tipográfia szent és sérthetetlen Mantráját, a Helvetica betűtípust "fertőztem meg" az Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis gombából inspirálódott grafikai elemekkel.
Mantra
A "mantra" is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers. (Read more)
Helvetica (typeface)
Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with input from Eduard Hoffmann. Helvetica is a neo-grotesque or realist design and is arguably considered the most perfect and neutral typeface of all time. (Read more)
Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis (altering behaviour funghy)
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is an entomopathogen, or insect-pathogenising fungus currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. O. unilateralis infects ants of the Camponotini tribe, with the full pathogenesis being characterized by alteration of the behavioral patterns of the infected ant. Infected hosts leave their canopy nests and foraging trails for the forest floor, they then use their mandibles to affix themselves to a major vein on the underside of a leaf, where the host remains until its eventual death. (Read more)
Mantra
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Behind the design
