BRAILLE POSTERS

The most simple of all objects is a bump. However, the bump, when applied to a system, can be a device for communicating great meaning. I found braille to be a fascinating media for communication under constraint. Ironically, it is also visually stunning. The braille posters help the audience recognize that objects and systems define one another. Objects can only be understood within the context of a system it is a part of. Systems are non-existent without the objects they are composed of. Braille is an ideal example of this phenomena.

ASSIGNMENT: Communicate the words "object" and "system" using only type on a print medium.

MAKING: I proposed a variety of initial ideas for a print piece that communicated these words. Using the constraint of type only, I was especially interested in exploring braille as a tangible form of type. The process of making a poster in braille involved laser cutting a template and manually embossing a sheet of bristol paper with a chopstick.

There are two posters of the same size and characteristics. One has a single embossed bump and reads, "Bump." The other sits next to it and contains the lyrics to the song, "What a Wonderful World," by Louis Armstrong.

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