24/02/2021
in use
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R for Repair and Forager Things — exhibition graphic, commissioned, 2021. Designed for Hans Tan.
Although the two exhibitions Forager Things and R for Repair differ in subject matter, both embody the spirit of embracing ‘less’ desirable circumstances or materials as opportunities for meaningful interference and design. We took on this approach towards the exhibition’s typographic identity. Transferring vinyl-cut letters is often tricky or more time-consuming with the smaller elements, particularly the dots of ‘i’s and ‘j’s. This presented an opportunity to make use of the unwanted counters—that are cut anyway—to replace those dots, resulting in an unusual typographic texture that attempts to reflect the attitude of the two exhibitions.
Photographs 1–4, 10: khoogj, Typeface: Alliance no. 1 & 2 by DGR Type.
