you dont know what you've got until it's gone..

In this world we are bombarded with a huge amount imagry and typography everyday. From television, to packaging, from my t shirt to my bag of m&ms, everything is branded, labeled then advertised with an image and supporting typography or vice versa.

Now imagine an environment where you can only choose one. Image or Typography. Which do you choose? It's a hard choice, but if you had to pick one to live with, without the other, what do you pick? Consider that when i say one or the other, i'm not only talking about design, i'm talking about in one world photography and all forms of imagry do not exist, and in the other world writers do not exist because there is no form of written communication.

Food for thought..
What would packaging look like with only typography or only imagry?

How could books be read using only photos?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but is it enough alone to get the point across?

Can typography stand alone in a world without photography? Are phrases enough to persuade us to buy a product? or vice versa?

Could typography be the image itself?

Could an image convey a message strong enough to support clear communication?

What would text books be like? How about the newspaper?

How would the internet function only using symbols and imagry?

In the world of image, how would you choose to communicate without the use of a telephone?

Do you appreciate one more than the other? why?

Do they have no choice other than to co-exist? why?



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