BRANDING - Lock and Key Research

Looking at the different types of key and lock mechanisms, trying to develop imagery from them, thinking of motion, animating, type etc.

Pin tumbler mechanism 

Other than padlocks, the cylinder with its co-axial plug housing the pins and drivers under spring pressure passes through the thickness of the door, and the correct key lines up the pins and drivers to make a clear line of intersection between plug and cylinder, thus allowing the plug to rotate and the lock to be operated.

It is also very suitable for master keying, as many different types of locks or latches can be included in the suite. Under master key, 12,200 differs are obtainable and under grand master key, 36 different sub-suites with up to a total of 2,200 differs can be provided.

• Could us the imagery of the pins within the design, take the shapes and apply to poster/invites etc.
• The motion of the pin could be mimicked with the typeface, could be animated or have the text placed along the same lines as the pins.
• Could use the shapes of the mechanisms to develop a grid for the poster as it makes a systme out of moving shapes and parts, the poster could then me animated in the same way as the mechanism moves. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiYIYXEX9Ko 

Shackle Mechanism 

The hinged, sliding or swivelling loop shaped member of a padlock. The heel of the shackle remains always in the padlock body and the toe of the shackle comes out when unlocked.

• Has a very similar pin looking mechanism to the pin mechanism, the different chambers controlling different parts of the locking system.
• Again could animate to demonstrate the different systems within the lock, different moving parts on the poster if it were to be animated? Could have the title swing up across in the shape of a padlock?