Sign songs: graphic design goes pop – in pictures
In 2010, Swedish graphic designer Viktor Hertz started working on illustrations as a hobby away from his daytime job. “It all started with film posters, where I took movies and tried to depict them with this pictogram language that you see in airports and restaurants.” In his current project, Hertz has created visual puns to bring to life the titles of well-known songs, using simple designs and colours. “I picked a mixture of some of my favourite songs and purely random titles, which gave me the idea to interpret the words into something visually unexpected, funny and clever.” Hertz is releasing limited-edition, signed copies of the graphics on Kickstarter until 4 March.