The Graphic Order
Exhibition • Identity • Motion
Graphic Design Senior Show
Spring 2018
Exhibition • Identity • Motion
The Graphic Order is the identity for the 2018 RISD Graphic Design Senior Show. The rationale behind the idea came when I and a group of seniors undergraduate students remarked on our cultish relationship to the practice of graphic design. We felt an eery obsession with the rules that we were taught combined with a religious fervor towards historical icons in graphic design lended well to a cult-like theme.
I, Greta Skagerlind, and Ishaan Bose Verma were responsible for creating the identity and branded assets for the show. We invited our fellow senior graphic designers to create their own personal symbols in place of traditional gallery labels.
We found that this set of symbols also allowed for playful configurations when set inline with typography. Ishaan Bose Verma went to work in creating a typeface that combined our classes' symbols with Pauline Le Pape's typeface, Tacite. We used this Frankenstein-esque typeface liberally throughout many of the show's branded assets.
© Mostyn Griffith 2018