( Vertical Format )Vertically scrolling was central to the concept of my thesis. Therefore, my book opens vertically instead of horizontally. I opted for sewn signatures to ensure that each spread opens flat.
( The Feed )The book begins with a feed on page 12, featuring 200 images (most of which were gathered online). The design mimics scrolling on a seemingly "randomized" feed like Instagram. Some images point to specific projects that reference the image.
( Video Essays )The book features four "video essays" or essays typeset in the form of a video transcript with time stamps that match my pace of reading the text outloud.
( Blog Posts )The typical social media feed fosters low attention spans, but the book challenges the reader with longer form "blog posts" or essays. Rather than briefly looking at images, I synthesized what I saw on the feed and "intervened" through my projects at RISD.
The left hand side of the book features images from the feed. Readers can partially see images that appear before and after the referenced image.
( Horizontal Spreads )Horizontal spreads break up the monotony of the book, similar to how opening a video on Twitter or Bluesky forces the user to rotate their phone.
( Vertical Spreads )The book also features vertical spreads. I really wanted to design an unconventional book that opened vertically.
( Advertisements )Throughout the book are banner advertisements from Internet history. One of the advertisements features an AI-generated image of me which points to an essay and project about taking up advertising space on the Internet.
( Interviews )The book features three interviews with four individuals. One of the interviews is with my favorite artist Maya Man (originally conducted for Soft Circuitry Archive, another project which I hope to share publicly next year).
