Typographic Maps Vol. 1

TYPOGRAPHIC MAPS VOL. 1

2025

TYPE

RISOGRAPH PUBLICATION

ROLE

CREATIVE DIRECTION, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRINT, BOOK-BINDING

Typographic Maps Vol. 1 is an exploration of the intersection between text, maps and public spaces, through documentation and analysis of environmental typography observed on a field trip in Shoreditch, London.

The publication is driven by several guiding questions: Does text in public spaces have a relationship with one another? How does typographic matter interact with the space it inhabits? What does language become when situated in a public space?

Through data collection, diagramming and mapping exercises, Typographic Maps Vol.1 aims to move closer to answering them.

Publication Cover

The publication can be divided into three sections.

First, a foreword that introduces the principles and research that underpins this experiment. Second, the documentation and verbal deconstruction of observed typography, alongside reflections in my personal voice. Lastly, analysis and diagrams of the collected data, including a word frequency table and several different diagrams examining the types of urban typography.

Map

These publications are intended to be distributed along Brick Lane. The reader is encouraged to follow in the same typographic journey using the accompanying map.

A SELECTION OF
PUBLICATION PAGES

PROCESS: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE FROM MAPS
The letterforms on the cover and the linear graphic forms that appear throughout this booklet are directly inspired by the map routes taken on the field trip and transformed into a graphic system of its own.

Screenshots of Google Maps

Modular components were later used to create Chinese characters.

PROCESS: RISOGRAPH
In risoprint, byproduct scraps of the risoprint process creates opportunities for unplanned typographic compositions. The layered photographs, type and graphic icons inspire new relationships between these design elements.

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