Over the past year I've been commissioned by The Washington Post to create a series of typographic illustrations based off the serif typeface Big Figgins. At the end of each financial quarter of the year the paper does a business "wrap up" and the brief has been to encapsulate the overarching financial theme of the previous 3 months in the US.
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Wednesday, April 4 2012
The theme for this quarterly investment outlook was based around the uncertainty of American retirees and their pensions and issues with the tax code 401(k).
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Wednesday, July 11 2012
The sentiment of the second financial quarter of 2012 saw a deflation in investor optimism. The brief for this illustration was to introduce a summery feel.
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Wednesday, October 3 2012
This illustration was supposed to represent post presidential election shenangians as the cover feature asks the question, "what cues will Wall Street take from the new party in power?"
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Wednesday, January 11 2012
This illustration was created for the Business section of the Washington Post as part of a wrap up of the fourth financial quarter of the year and has a focus on the best way for investors to navigate through the "Euro crisis".
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