Project Name:

Simcha

Course Name:

Type Experiments

Instructor:

David Hake

Semester:

Fall 2021

Type of Project:

Typography / Branding

Objective

The objective for this project was to create a brand

identity based off exploration of a poem in a foreign

language. Once we know the meaning of the poem,

create deliverables for the brand that fit the brand

identity. The poem that I was given was in Hebrew.

Concept

For this project I experimented with the letters in the

poem trying to create them in different ways. Once I

found a style that I liked, I created patterns using the

letters and created a variety of designs. I used that as

a base to start exploring the poem and what my brand

would be. I created the brand Simcha (Sim-huh) which

in Hebrew means happiness. The poem was about

loneliness so my brand would be about spreading joy to

others. The deliverables for this project are items that

can be used to not only remind yourself to stay positive

but also spread that positivity to others.

אֹרֶךְ
אִילַן מִשְׁפַּחְתֵּנוּ לֹא
הִצְמִיחַ עֲנָפִים רַבִּים.
לַהֲקוֹת נָשִׁים
רַוָּקוֹת
יָשְׁבוּ עֲלֵיהֶם
כְּמוֹ עַל מִטּוֹת יָחִיד
צָרוֹת.

דּוֹדָה אָנָה וְדוֹדָה לֵאָה
קָטְפוּ תַּפּוּחִים
לְמִלּוּי שְׁטְרוּדֶלִים.
אֶת הַבָּצֵק שֶׁתָּפַח
וְתָפַח בַּלֵּילוֹת
רִדְּדוּ לְאֹרֶךְ
וּלְרֹחַב בְּדִידוּתָן.
פֵּרוּרֵי הַיָּמִים חֻלְּקוּ
בֵּין צִפֳּרִים.
LENGTH
Our family tree has not
sprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.

Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.