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Documentation of research and writing from my first year of design education. The two volumes in tandem present two core themes: DISTILL (refining output through research) and DECODE (drawing connection between form and meaning).


The first volume DISTILL is a series of visual research which pairs with the writing in decode to function as a visual index.


The second volume DECODE is structured around the idea of Plato's Divided Line, which in this context elaborates on the way that pure form, image, and text translate meaning.


The format and assembly of the edition highlights the interplay between research, documentation, and material exploration. All of which are essential to my design process.

Documentation of research and writing from my first year of design education. The two volumes in tandem present two core themes: DISTILL (refining output through research) and DECODE (drawing connection between form and meaning).


The first volume DISTILL is a series of visual research which pairs with the writing in DECODE to function as a visual index.


The second volume DECODE is structured around the idea of Plato's Divided Line, which in this context elaborates on the way that pure form, image, and text translate meaning.


The format and assembly of the edition highlights the interplay between research, documentation, and material exploration. All of which are essential to my design process.

Timeline of visual research and exploration collected over the course of several projects. This was photographed and assembled into the pages of the first volume DISTILL.

Visual content for DECODE physically collaged using gel-transfer images. Collage was dried, divided into sections and then scanned.

Physical components of collage are manually photocopied again onto the original inverted scan.