Tools
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Illustrator
Canon700d
Category
Typography
Photography
Identity Design
Editorial
Year
2021
A publication looking into how humans connect; through patterns, marks, language and sometimes the lack of.
Depending on upbringing, culture and education can determine how a person uses or interprets symbols to connect with the community. Connecting through a unique code of marks and shapes that both parties are aware of and can decipher. I looked into the relationship between known and unknown language, how it can be bridged and if connection can be present with no language at all.
This involved creating an original typeface, and the use of portrait photo’s of people I’ve met in various places around the globe - from the Himalayas to Tokyo.
The final design was realised in a 16 page publication consisting of 7 different languages and a hidden message connecting them all as one.
Designed using
Maribou State - Spooky
Phazz - About Her
Kidnap - Silence
Tee Mango - Don’t Let It Slip
Thundercat - Fair Chance (Floating Points)
Melanie De Biasio - Blackened Cities
Bonobo - Blurred
Rival Consoles - Articulation
Folamour - Boiler Room (Isolation)
Ashley Henry - The Mighty
“Wrinkles are a mark of life. It depends how people have been living and all this is written on their face. At a certain age you’ve got the face you deserve”