A Speculative Study on Tangible Memory in an Untouchable Era
Central to the work is the development of a visual and structural system that bridges analog process with conceptual rigor. This system spans typography, grid structures, color, texture, material selection, and production methods. All allowing the project to operate across publication design, printmaking, and exhibition space. Each design choice reinforces the themes of fragmentation, preservation, and tactile memory.
The final outcome is an edition of three, 148-page hand-bound publications, featuring Coptic stitch binding, screenprinted vellum inserts, and a cover made from 20" × 30" embossed prints on Hiromi and Nepal Metallic papers—wrapped around chipboard and screenprinted with layered type. The book functions as both a record and a relic: every page is shaped by process, error, and discovery. Envelopes, brochures, and experimental folds, cuts, and more.
By building a system rooted in emotional logic and visual repetition, In Touch, Memory transforms discarded technologies into contemporary fossils. It holds not just content, but the residue of making, evidence of failure, care, and reassembly. The work asks what remains when memory becomes untethered from physical form, and whether design systems can preserve the intimacy of forgetting.