Dialogues without color.
色を持たないダイアログ。
Typography | Graphic Design | Book Design
2016 New York
ニューヨークP.I.Art CenterのグラフィックデザインコースにおけるBook Design プロジェクト。時折、モノやヒトが持つ本来の生の形や美しさを見えなくする”色”。ここでは”色”とは、人種差別や特定の文化に対する差別などを表す。その色要素を排除し、Raw Formの美しさを表現することを試みた作品。写真は、以前仕事をした西アフリカ諸国で撮影したものから厳選して使っている。
This is a Graphic Design class project for P.I. Art Center. I went out in the town to look for the objects that look similar to letterforms and took photos. And I used those photos to design an alphabet book using 26 types of typography. I also used photos that I had taken when I previously worked in some West African countries.
This book project entitled, “Dialogues Without Color,” represents my perception of this world. I deliberately removed the color information from the pages because I believe that color often obscures the essential beauty of the object itself and tends to subject us to prejudice, such as racial and cultural bias. This book project challenged me to express objects and people in their raw form. There is a little girl’s quote on the opening spread that says, “The world becomes more colorful without color.”
