• 3 Strange Maps

    These three maps I found to be unique and interesting to me for a couple reasons. Something I found that I was gravitating towards while looking for maps is layers, and each of these maps has several components that layer or come together to provide levels of information and a dynamic visual. These three also

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  • Color Systems

    I think that the poster of Kill Bill Volume: 1 is a great example of impactful and essential use of color. This poster’s use of color dominates its design, the extremely vibrant yellow takes up almost the entirety of the poster contrasting heavily with its secondary color, pure black. This works so well for me

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  • Book Covers

    The cover of The Lost World of Film Noir: Dark City by Eddie Muller is successful by presenting a graphic and title that catches the eye and is nice to look at while also being directly representative of its contents. I found this book in the Pace library, and although I have not read it,

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  • Zines as Worlds

    This zine, Summer Home, by Xiao Ma (Smile), documents the road trip they took from Bennington, Vermont, down the East Coast to Louisiana, and back again at age 21. This is communicated primarily via film photographs they took during the trip, alongside correlating text as well as journal entries from the time. It then makes

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