Handle with Care
Custom Type Design / Web Design / Print Design & Production
2021
Student
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This is my MFA Design thesis project is a mail art project exploring how graphic design and printed matter can connect people in unique ways. Specifically, the project explores themes of vulnerability, connection, care, maintenance, and interdependence.
I sent out care packages of items I designed and printed (using a risograph and an inkjet printer) to 55 people. They included stickers, a refrigerator magnet, a set of three postcards, a letter inviting them to participate in the project, and a workbook with questions I had been asking myself throughout my research and design process with space to respond. I’m in the process of collecting the responses I’ve received into a newspaper publication, as well as documenting the project through a risograph printed book. Additionally, I have translated some elements of the project into webpages: Handle with Care Workbook and How Can Publishing Create Community?
I created a custom typeface for the project by carving letterforms into rubber stamps.
Typefaces used: Victoriana by Velvetyn, Carrie by Vocal Type, Work Sans by Wei Huang, & Stamp by me
I sent out care packages of items I designed and printed (using a risograph and an inkjet printer) to 55 people. They included stickers, a refrigerator magnet, a set of three postcards, a letter inviting them to participate in the project, and a workbook with questions I had been asking myself throughout my research and design process with space to respond. I’m in the process of collecting the responses I’ve received into a newspaper publication, as well as documenting the project through a risograph printed book. Additionally, I have translated some elements of the project into webpages: Handle with Care Workbook and How Can Publishing Create Community?
I created a custom typeface for the project by carving letterforms into rubber stamps.
Typefaces used: Victoriana by Velvetyn, Carrie by Vocal Type, Work Sans by Wei Huang, & Stamp by me