One of the personal projects I’ve wanted to do for a while is a typography-based poster. Playing around with the idea that communication is a two-way street (communicator and recipient), it seemed like it would be a good candidate for a typographic attempt.

Just in case the words aren’t legible at this size, the road and dividing lines are made up of the repeating five words: ideas, imagery, thoughts, opinions, and feelings, which I thought comprises the majority of what we try to communicate, both verbally and non-verbally. The use of the different fonts (over 100) drives home the idea that there are more than one opinion, more than one idea, thought, etc.

I’ll probably keep polishing this, then see what it looks like in a large-format printout. It may look good on the office wall.

In a simple and creative post, Mike Geipert tried spelling out words using his Mac OSX dock icons. Since today’s lunch hour was un-designated, I tried one of my own:

Thanks to Erik for the link.

Or, more accurately, fun at his expense.

The boss was on vacation this week, and in an effort to drive home the point that we’re still sitting in cubicles while he’s soaking up rays, he sent us the photo below, with a tongue-in-cheek note about unauthorized use of the company Blackberry.

Well, not to be out-done, we put a little twist on his photo before sending it around to everyone, and left him a big printout on his door.

That’ll teach him to send us any vacation photos while he’s out.

Sad but true.

I’ve been working on an accompanying post to this chart, but I think the image may speak for itself.