Utopiales

This typeface has been tailor-made for the Utopiales, an international science-fiction festival that has been bringing together for over 20 years, more than 90.000 people at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes around many conferences, round tables, exhibitions, film screenings ... The Cité des Congrès in Nantes asked me to create a new titling typeface only in capitals following their Art Deco inspirations. This artistic movement of the 20-30s saw the appearance of very geometric typefaces, with clean shapes, almost futuristic for the time. I therefore based on the letters of this period found in the streets of Nantes that are part of the history and identity of the city. This typography has a peculiar rhythm with rather narrow letters like the T, C, or G and larger one like the O. This typography is like a journey back in time, where one draws from the forms of the past to make a modern design.