Monogram Design with Your Initials
Analysis of the Letters of a Monogram
A course by James Clough , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Analysis of the Letters of a Monogram
Overview
“I will tell you how, over a period of fifty years, a trace of the evolution of my tastes, or, more precisely, my professional maturation, emerges from the monograms or logos of my personal business cards.”
In this video lesson James Clough addresses the topic: Analysis of the Letters of a Monogram, which is part of the Domestika online course: Monogram Design with Your Initials. Learn how to handcraft a monogram from a pencil sketch and apply it to a ready-to-print business card.
Partial transcription of the video
“Analysis of the letters of a monogram The monogram I will draw for this course will express myself at this very moment of my life. The monogram is something personal and therefore changes over the years in life, when our personalities and tastes change. In fact, in my career of more than 50 years, my tastes have changed and there is the evolution of my style which I represented in four business cards which I will show you now. These four tickets have been made from 1974 to 1999. Let's start with the first which is the only card with a monogram. The others are with logos. Here, J and C with ...”
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Course summary for: Monogram Design with Your Initials
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Logo Design
James Clough
A course by James Clough
James Clough is an English calligraphy artist who's been living and working in Milan for the past 50 years. After studying typographic design at the London College of Printing, he got his start in several publishing houses around London and Milan. In 1979, he made the leap to freelance life, specializing primarily in book cover design.
Throughout his career he has collaborated with numerous advertising agencies designing slogans, logos, and monograms. In 1991, he founded the Associazione Calligrafa Italiana (Italian Calligraphy Association) alongside a group of his peers. He currently teaches calligraphy, typography, and its history at the NABA University in Milan and writes about calligraphy and graphic arts for both Italian and international publications.
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