University of Aveiro, 2015
After a change in my life, moving to another city to study and start living alone, this project had perfect timing. I had just arrived in Aveiro, the Portuguese city where I moved to for my bachelor degree, and the main goal of this project was to explore the typography spread throughout the city.
Aveiro is a popular tourist destination, famed for its canals, Nouveau architecture, gorgeous tiles, and colourfully and funny painted Moliceiros boats. The city is also known as the Venezia of Portugal and lies on the edge of the Ria de Aveiro, an expansive saltwater lagoon that was historically farmed for its seaweed, salt and bountiful fish. Today, Aveiro is a bustling university city, with an authentic fishermen's district, ornate Art Nouveau houses, and numerous grand religious buildings
I developed an irregular alphabet based on the typographic fonts I found most interesting and with some of the letters I decided to make a graphic composition inspired by the tascas, and printed it on a sleeveless sweater.
Tasca is a type of restaurant that only exists in Portugal, it’s not a Spanish bodega, nor an Italian osteria, it’s a cheap no-frills restaurant serving large portions of traditional food piled onto large aluminum platters.
In a good tasca, once a client sits he will be presented with bread, olives and, with some luck, a regional cheese. Most of the time, the paper tablecloths play a double role: they are not only used to cover the original linen tablecloths, but also to write the daily menu, which is also often affixed on the tiled walls or even the windows, to attract passersby. This daily menu is a crucial piece of the whole tasca experience: each tasca offers specific dishes on each day of the week, particularly at lunch.
Aveiro is a popular tourist destination, famed for its canals, Nouveau architecture, gorgeous tiles, and colourfully and funny painted Moliceiros boats. The city is also known as the Venezia of Portugal and lies on the edge of the Ria de Aveiro, an expansive saltwater lagoon that was historically farmed for its seaweed, salt and bountiful fish. Today, Aveiro is a bustling university city, with an authentic fishermen's district, ornate Art Nouveau houses, and numerous grand religious buildings
I developed an irregular alphabet based on the typographic fonts I found most interesting and with some of the letters I decided to make a graphic composition inspired by the tascas, and printed it on a sleeveless sweater.
Tasca is a type of restaurant that only exists in Portugal, it’s not a Spanish bodega, nor an Italian osteria, it’s a cheap no-frills restaurant serving large portions of traditional food piled onto large aluminum platters.
In a good tasca, once a client sits he will be presented with bread, olives and, with some luck, a regional cheese. Most of the time, the paper tablecloths play a double role: they are not only used to cover the original linen tablecloths, but also to write the daily menu, which is also often affixed on the tiled walls or even the windows, to attract passersby. This daily menu is a crucial piece of the whole tasca experience: each tasca offers specific dishes on each day of the week, particularly at lunch.
