IdentityISTD – Live Competition Brief – TypographyJanuary 3rd - April 18th 2024
ISTD Brief 2024 - ‘The Line’.
Identity looks at the line between being identified in a numerical form vs a non-numerical form.
I collated all of numbers from throughout my life as well as collating all the non-numerical information from every year of my life.
This publication highlights the way numbers overshadow how we are identified by strangers. It aims to highlight how, although numbers are a useful method of identification, they do not show the full picture of our identity, and more layers of non-numerical information are needed to build a full picture of our identity.
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The cover displays various numbers from throughout my life using letterpress. The publication uses a french fold binding style to conceal the non-numerical information within the numarical information. Each page’s fold is perforated to allow the reader to open up the publication and find out more about my identity. The target audience of the publication is a viewer that has no preconceptions of my identity. Therefore, once a spread has been torn open, the viewer has seen the hidden side to my identity and is no longer unfamiliar to me.