By Ruth Rowland
Harvard Graduate School of Education asked me to contribute to their Winter issue of Ed. Magazine. I worked on the cover, double page spread and half page illustration for an article about mathematics reform in the USA.
I enjoyed combining chalkboard with squared paper backgrounds, numerals and equations to illustrate the piece. The design team's simple but witty idea for the cover, a pseudo-math equation, was carefully rendered to read both as an equation and the subject of the article. Inside the magazine, I retained the simple colour palette to keep the more complex illustrations eye-catching and legible.
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Do the Math! Chalkboard Lettering for Ed. Magazine
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Do the Math! Chalkboard Lettering for Ed. Magazine: Double Page Spread Illustration
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Do the Math! Chalkboard Lettering for Ed. Magazine: Half Page Illustration
Back to editorial to see more of my magazine lettering or take a look at my casual marker script for Delta Sky Magazine ...