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Despina Kannaourou

The title o this project consists o two words pho-

netics and typography. I link the two disciplines and

use the Roman alphabet to illustrate the sounds o

the English language, in particular British accents.

Fonotaip is a system that attempts a typographic in-

terpretation o phonetics through illustrating and de-scribing the theoretical assumption o speech produc-

tion. The aesthetic quality o the letterorms derives

rom a grid system that represents a cross-section

o the mouth. The system indicates the articulatory

eatures that are believed to determine the quality o

spoken vowels and consonants.

BOOK 1: Introduction to the FONOTAIP SYSTEM

as well as basic phonetics.

BOOK 2: Spelling and pronunciation. Index o

word pronunciation in dierent cities.

POSTERS: Detail rom posters Mapping two

speakers (rst) and The System (second)

Background

Despina at rst studied graphic design at the

Stroganov University in Moscow graduating in 2003

rom an institution that previously cultivated Russian

Constructivist art. She then returned to her home

town in Cyprus where she worked in a design studio

or a year, beore moving to London. On her rst year

in London she worked at the design museum while

maintaining proessional ties with Cyprus. A year

later in 2005 she begun her studies at Central Saint

Martins where she studied on MA Communication

Design and specialised in Typography. Ater her

graduation she worked at a small design studio in

Shoreditch, as well as worked on several reelance

projects.

FONOTAIP/feUnetaIpMA DEGREE PROJECT (Completed in June 2007)

Published in 2007 by Gaa Ltd, with the help o the

ISTD Lead Between the Lines is a publication that

oers a platorm or discussion about the useulness

and necessity o academic and practice-based

research in the eld o typography. In this book, I took

part as one o the key instigators and designers o the

project, as well as being one o teen students who

contributed with research.

RESEARCH: The ollowing images show spreads

with onotaip in stages o research.

LEAD BETWEEN THE LINES (Published in April 2007)

The designed pixel-vowel system attempts to pin-

point the place o articulation in Greek, Russian

and English. This investigation has been visualised

through a series o poems that have been inspired by

phonetics. Such where some poems by Mayakovsky,

Khlebnikov and their Futurist contemporaries, or the

Jaberwocky, by Lewis Carol.

GREEK RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH (MA 2006)

MENU is a design proposal or a magazine that

covers dierent themes monthly. A fexible but

homogenous grid is used throughout the issues,

bringing the incorporation o new type-aces and

colour to work with the new subject area, The identity

o the magazine remains recognisable even with

subjects as dierent as art, ashion and sport.

ARCHITECTURE: Starters, Main, Deserts

MENU (Proposal or monthly publication. BA nal project 2003)

nadiakazolides.com (under construction)

Other Work////////////////////////////////////////////

she-me.com (2008)

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This book was designed or Invest in Hackney with

the intention o attracting new businesses into the

Borough. The book is separated into 7 sections which

are colour coded by the area. The titles or each

opening page, are composed rom photographs o

letters taken rom shop ronts o the area, to refect

the distinctive eel o the streets.

HACKNEY STREETS AHEAD (November 2007)

FASHION: News, Main, Deserts

Identity or photographer Nadia Kazolides (2007)

Proposal or identity and packaging o Fiji sparkling juice drink (Bumblebee, Cyprus 2004)

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