Timebank brief start + influences

For this brief I decided to do something more design let than I usually do, and more clearly influenced from designs I am currently looking at that I usually make, so its been an experiment in lots of ways.

I have been curious about Victorian styles of design and layout since I researched for my flatland brief last module. I didnt actually use the style for that brief so I decided to base this currency brief around experiments in this style of using typography and decretive elements, but used in a more modern way.

I found an excellent and intriguing book:

This has loads of original and sometimes bizarre type layouts, great stuff and very inspiring for me as it is so different from the usual designs I look at.

Some of my faves from the book:

I found the way the text was often arranged in banners interesting - this last one was a direct influence, I used the shape of this banner in my note designs