Orchid
Orchid is a hand-bound, partially riso-printed, completely self-authored brick of a book discussing my experiences as an immigrant, and how moving around the world has affected me and made me into who I am today.
This project required lots of digging through old family photos, calling parents to provide context or clear up messy timelines, and a considerable amount of introspection. All of this came together into a 287-page publication featuring countless scanned photographs and over 10,000 words of original writing.
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This project required lots of digging through old family photos, calling parents to provide context or clear up messy timelines, and a considerable amount of introspection. All of this came together into a 287-page publication featuring countless scanned photographs and over 10,000 words of original writing.
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This self-driven project was sparked by a love for publication design and a long conversation about “being foreign” between friends and colleagues. Together with Lucy van Eerde, a fellow immigrant, we set out to create a set of two publications, one written and designed by each of us, recounting our own experiences, and their differences and similarities.
The books share a set of themes, a grid, various typefaces, paperstock and, printing and binding method — but beyond that, they are uniquely our own. While each book was designed independently, Lucy and I worked together to keep each other on track, provide feedback, and assist during printing.
All pages containing images were printed on a risograph by yours truly, using teal, fluorescent pink, sunflower, and black. The French-fold pages were bound using a cold glue layflat binding method; the final publication is wrapped in a translucent book jacket. Orchid also contains translucent paper inside and riso-printed cardstock inserts with relevant quotes or images.
WHAT I LEARNED
Notion saves lives!!
The books share a set of themes, a grid, various typefaces, paperstock and, printing and binding method — but beyond that, they are uniquely our own. While each book was designed independently, Lucy and I worked together to keep each other on track, provide feedback, and assist during printing.
All pages containing images were printed on a risograph by yours truly, using teal, fluorescent pink, sunflower, and black. The French-fold pages were bound using a cold glue layflat binding method; the final publication is wrapped in a translucent book jacket. Orchid also contains translucent paper inside and riso-printed cardstock inserts with relevant quotes or images.
WHAT I LEARNED
Notion saves lives!!
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PRINT
PUBLICATION
SELF-DRIVEN
PUBLICATION
SELF-DRIVEN
Fall 2022
PROCESS
