Team 1- Calligrams

A Calligram is the concept of text as representational imagery. Artist use words, sentences and paragraphs to metamorphically and metaphorically represent the ideas put forth in the text. Calligrams break the barriers of traditional typesettings that are constructed in a symmetrical and linear manner. It was in the 19th century that book designers and authors started to toy with the idea of texts as images.

Motherhood and pregnancy

Joni James

This image depicts the silhouette of an expecting mother using words that are generally associated with the idea of motherhood. The words used to form the image are of different sizes and font styles. 

Coke Tweets
http://theexperiential.com/work/calligrams/

Calligram Kitty
Absurdynka

This image was done by a design company known as The Experiential Company. In this design they used Tweets that mentioned the classic drink coca-cola to construct the image of a coke can. 





























In this image the artist used only one word to construct the image of a cat. Each individual letter contributes to the form of the image.