Ziga Testen
Mon, 01/02/2012
Ziga Testen (designer) and Nicholas Matranga's (artist) collaborative practice revolves around their shared interest in applied arts and design. They have collaborated on a series of projects focusing on design as material of their work instead of it's means. They are currently working on and developing a series of conceptual alternative cuts to the ubiqouitous Helvetica typeface. Among the proposed expansions to the existing family such as Helvetica Backwards and Transitional Helvetica we are currently working on the Levitating Helvetica. In practical computer typography terms this is simply Helvetica without kerning so all letters stack on top of each other within the 2D space of the screen. However for the upcoming exhibition in Rome where we will be presenting some of our works we would like to develop a 3D prototype of a possible type specimen of the Levitating Helvetica. A sketch of the possible outcome of this endavour is presented in the attached image. Needless to say all our proposals are useless in practical terms and they are mostly simple playfull footnotes and comments on our (designed) enviroment.
