Feeling the Surface
Feeling the Surface: The Body, Touch, and the Surface focuses on the concept of human interaction with space and object. When designing, the human connection to product, as it relates to subconscious and conscious touch, is often overlooked. With new technology, increasingly busy lives, and less attention paid to quality work and well designed surroundings, this exhibition catalogue shows how humans could interact and think about space, object, and surface. With this idea, the design takes fragments of important works from designers, focusing on materiality, and piecing them together to form a cohesive feeling.
Catalogue Specifications:
177mm x 254mm
192 p
Printed on:
Mohawk Loop Antique Vellum 80T
Printed & Bound @ Nonstop Printing, Hollywood CA
The introduction to the book begins with microscopic views of different surfaces. Following this, the visual language of scribbled lines is introduced. These were created through a failed experiment 3D mapping the typography.
The catalogue is designed using one typeface, in one size. Visual hierarchy is created using only weight, color, and layout. The pages are designed on a simple 16-grid field. The grid is broken as images are divided up between multiple grid areas. This creates a feeling of both division and unity at once.
The interior essay and writing pages are defined through a change in paper color and material. This allows for minimal change in typographic style and layout, while still providing a clear indication of content shift.
The finishing pages showcase the typographic mapping visual system one final time, review exhibition history for the artists & designers, and end with final microscopic images of surface.
Once again utilizing the 3D mapping visual system, the posters offer clear information for easy content understanding and retention.
The posters work both as a series and as individual pieces. When placed all together, the lines match up to create one flowing piece.