ICAO Spelling Alphabet Project Return

After almost 5 years since I last opened the project, I'm reviving this idea.

A little further research brought up this lovely set:

Art Cartoons - 1956 ICAO Alphabet by Artist Carl Rose

Creator/Publisher: Popular Science - Approximate Size (inches): 6 x 9

This is an original 1956 two-page two-color print article about the airmen's alphabet for pilots that was developed by ICAO and illustrated through a series of cartoons by Artist Carl Rose.

Carl Rose (1903 – 1971) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker,Popular Science, The Saturday Evening Post, and elsewhere.

Read more: http://www.icao.int/secretariat/PostalHistory/annex_10_aeronautical_telecommunications.htm

I'm pleased I illustrated mine before I saw this so I wasn't too influenced. I'm also comforted to see they came to the same conclusion as I did about 'Mike' being represented by a 'mic'. 

Also, I notice this is American, because of the turkey in November. I've always had it in mind to try to keep mine as internationally recognisable as possible. 

Cube alphabet

Based on the grid of an isometric cube outline, I created this alphabet design with the intention to use it for paper cuts as it's grid structure makes it simple to cut by hand.

Inspiration taken form the typeface 'Sol' by Radim Peško, seen at the 'Design Blast' conference at the ZMK, Karlsruhe (18.11.2011), and also from the 'Triso Typeface' by Ric Bell. I drew from these sources what I felt was most logical, important and appealing in the shape formations.

Ⓒ Charlotte Vogel 2011