Most of my work can be best categorised as publication design, two of which explores a topic that I take great interest in; the topic of noticing things that would otherwise go un-noticed unless consciously wanting to look for it, or in other words, Defamiliarisation. ‘The Unfamiliar Home’ is best to reflect my interest in this topic as it a physical response to my dissertation that explores ‘How Surrealist Interiors Defamiliarise the Understanding of Home’.
The Unfamilair Home consists of a hand held book containing the written text of my dissertation and along with it a wallpaper blind that the reader is instructed to pull down when the text mentions a new figure being described. Creating a performative publication further reflects the idea of Defamiliaristation by making the act of reading a piece of text strange.
This topic of noticing what you don’t tend to notice is further reflected in my work titled ‘Wayfinding Typefaces’. This is a local type-tour of Kingston that directs the readers to a certain building of Kingston that include interesting and/or historical typefaces. This publication contains a series of 15 location in Kingston, that are depicted through pictograms lacking the typeface that is found on the building. This encourages the audience to engage with the found typefaces by drawing it on in the blank space.
Along side the pictographic depiction of each location, the publication will educate the readers on the history the buildings, Kingston and where to go while on their visit. To navigate their way around to the locations, there is a pull of map at the end of the publication.
‘Wayfinding Typefaces’ is a local type-tour of the city of Kingston. This involves a publication that will direct the audience to 15 select locations where they will find interesting and/or historical typefaces on the buildings of Kingston. They are then encouraged to interact with the typeface through drawing.