I love the summer and I love to swim and what summertime
means to me is open water swimming. Last summer I spent many an hour clocking
up the kilometres in Lyttelton Harbour, Lake Pegasus, Akaroa Harbour, Lake
Taupo and various lidos in NZ and Aussie. So right now I’m willing on warmer water, ready for the first open water dip of the season. Towards the
end of last season I was approached by Real Swim Adventures and asked to create certificates for two of the swims
that company organises during the Christchurch summer; The Quail Island Crossing and Around Quail Island.
There’s a real sense of exploration about
these open water swims, so incorporating maps into the design seemed like a
great way to convey this. I also thought about the beautiful calligraphy you
can often get on certificates, so chose a typeface to be representative of
this. I selected this typeface in particular as I love how the shape of waves
are suggested in the negative space beneath the letter forms. I hope these
certificates will be a nice memento for people to remind them of their open
water achievements.
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