Communication Arts online content from creative exhibit -What's in a name? book design
Publications, Consumer
The fourth title by PatrickGeorge, What's in a name? is a collection of graphic and illustrative interpretations of 100 boys’ and 100 girls’ names. Visually-represented, quirkily-implied or revealed in a realignment of their letters, some of the names are spelled out and others are tantalizingly obscure but all are treated with humor and fun.
Peter Scott, designer/illustrator.
I absolutely love the designs done on and within this book (from what I can see). The writer/ illustrator seems to have a good grip on humor, as you can see in their portrayal of the names Adam, Grayson, and Ivy. It's also clear that there is not only one font used throughout the book, but I still tried to find out what font was used for the title. I was unsuccessful at finding the exact font but it is comparable to Mento, Scout, and Churward Brush. It is a sans serif typeface and is used in combination with illustrations. For this reason, it functions as a clean, easy to read font in combination with pictorial elements.
I'm hoping to find a copy of this book somewhere because it's fun to see designs like this! Some of the relationships between the names and illustrations may take a minute to understand, like many jokes (or people), but who can't appreciate the bit of satisfaction that comes with understanding. Unfortunately, my name [Natalie] is probably drawn with a picture of a Gnat + alie, if it's in there at all. I'd be impressed if it were something different, and will surely give props if that's the case.
I found the artist's website which contains more images from the book, if you're interested:
http://patrickgeorge.biz/index.php/gallery_names
