Analytical, Intuitive, & Synthetic Typography

Analytical
Designing the analytical calendar was the most burdensome out of the three due to the multiple restrictions.  I was required to use a grid, 1 font, 1 size, 2 weights, and only 2 colors--clearly not much room to move.  My analytical calendar is the most functional of the three.  I intended to keep it very simple.  I found it problematic when coming to spacial design, I couldn't make up my mind on the size and space between each date.  

Sketches for Analytical

Intuitive
I mainly concentrated on visualizing the experience of the passage of time and really engage the viewer through an expressive visualization of information.  I don't want the viewer to do a "drive by" but rather engage themselves in my piece.  I fancied the intuitive calendar the most because the restrictions were alleviating; I was able to use 3 fonts, 3 point sizes, any weight, and at least 4 colors, with no line of type being placed at 90 degrees of another.  I created two different final intuitive calendars because I just couldn't make up my mind.  


Synthetic
Synthetic was clearly the most troublesome according to my class critique when I showed up with this:

I had a difficult time combining my analytical and intuitive to create my synthetic.  How could I go from such a straight-forward, basic calendar to an abstract, water-flowing calendar?  I decided to go with a radial effect, but still have somewhat of an order.  I think it's functionality is somewhat on the low-side just because there are no distinguished days of the week, but not every reader is looking for a MTWTHF calendar, this calendar can be for the rare and bare that just need dates with months! 

Final Analytical

Final Intuitive 1

Intuitive Calendar 2

Synthetic Final