Thursday, March 21, 2013

Cait Stone: Artists Essay


Alex Trochut is a commercial type designer who creates beautifully complicated images with type for clients such as: British Airways, Absolute, and Coca-Cola. Born in Barcelona in 1981 Trochut studies graphic design s Elisave University before beginning his freelance career in 2007.  Trochut seems to take the anti-minimalist approach in regards to his work creating complex images with color and type. It is clearly evident when viewing his work that this is an artist that is ever evolving to new styles while determining his unique attributes.

Though not all of his work used type as a focal point, those that do are stunningly complex yet simply. I particularly enjoy his work with musical artists from Vampire Weekend to Wiz Khalifa where he designs the typeface for the promotional materials. Trochut uses delicate script and for Vampire Weekend he uses stylized images he has created to form the font. Another very interesting image he creates was for the Audi Billboard Campaign. With this image Alex created a script font that resembles a road. This image is very clean and effective in not only demonstrating the nature of the brand but creating a stunning image. As a public relations professional I tend to skew towards commercial rather than studio artists.

Some themes that Trochut that are evident when one looks as all of his work as a whole is the contrast between modern and old. This is clearly evident when you compare his work with Wiz or Audi with its clean lettering with his work with The Decemberists and Vampire Weekend’s bubbly hand drawn images. I very much enjoy all of his work due to its breath of topics and styles. 

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