14th October

I have been collecting and creating a scrap book to give me ideas on what to use for my identity. I currently have a business card and stationery and this is my starting point. I need to change my logo. I want to use my name as it represents me and it is unique. The meaning of ilona is 'beautiful' so i could play on the idea of beautiful design.

I have started looking at different types of typography and would like to create a custom typeface for myself. I really like arabic type fonts as they are bold and elegant - also they can be used well to form illustrations.

I like the work of Mehdi Saeedi from Iran:he uses elegant typography and uses a grid structure to layout his work..

I also like the work of Oded Ezer who experiments alot with type and pushes it to the boundaries like torturing type and looking at the link between type and biology. One piece that caught my eye is use tea to create a design..i love tea and this is something i was going to play around with...