Video: Hairy letters: original design from Amsterdam
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Dutch designer Monique Goossens came up with an original way to use human hair. By twisting strands, she creates the letters of the Latin alphabet, which the designer hopes to use for magazine and book covers in the future.
Each letter has a dense center, the hair at the edges looks somewhat chaotic, but this chaos is organic: the energetic play of lines forms a kind of halo around the letter, which gives it completeness and expression. The letters are made up of hundreds of hairs and appear to be drawn with a thin pen. The shape of each letter is created taking into account the characteristics of the hair: curly, straight or light waves … In addition, the elasticity and density of the selected hair bundles are also taken into account. To a large extent, the shape of the future letter is determined by the natural dynamics of the strands.
Goossens' work is eclectic: she skillfully combines design and independent art, challenging established traditions and stereotypical thinking. Using unusual materials and frankly flirting with the shape of objects and public taste, Goossens becomes one of the most interesting representatives of modern design. She studied interior design at the Academie Artemis in Amsterdam and photography and design at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Monique currently teaches interior design and visual communication techniques at her alma mater, Academie Artemis in Amsterdam.
Her work can hardly be perceived neutrally. For example, the hairline letters caused outrage among many viewers. Some found Goossens' work disgusting, believing that using natural hair was too bold from an aesthetic point of view. Others complained that individual letters are rather useless in the applied sense, while others consider her work amusing, nothing more. However, everyone notes the innovation and original approach of Goossens.
In addition to developing original designs for typefaces, Monique is also involved in ceramics. Her amusing art objects are often impossible to use for their intended purpose, but they can bring a smile even to a sophisticated connoisseur, and children will surely like it.
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