PARTIALLY READABLE
PARTIALLY READABLE explores the boundary between readability and abstraction through everyday commercial signs. The project began with the question of how much visual information can be disrupted before recognition changes.
Using photography, film soup experiments and digital image processing, I investigated different forms of image degradation. The final publication combines translucent paper, layered images and fragmented typography to create a reading experience where information can disappear, overlap and return.
By physically separating and reconnecting images and text, the publication encourages readers to reconsider how meaning is constructed through visual communication.
The publication combines translucent paper and opaque paper in an alternating sequence. The transparent layers create visual interference when placed over the original images underneath.
The publication opens through a gatefold-like structure, allowing different layers of images and text to gradually reveal and interact with each other.
Fragments of commercial sign typography are separated across different layers, creating new relationships between text, image and material.
The translucent layer partially obscures the original image, creating a visual transition between readability and abstraction.