PROJECTS
2025
2024
Risograph Work
and Syllabics Typography
2023
Not Solemn
2025
Risograph Work
and Syllabics Typography
Not Solemn
Participatory Design
2025
The project was designed to observe how people interpret open instructions when working within a visible, physical boundary. Some participants chose to work three-dimensionally, extending the square upward or folding it back into itself. Others focused on translation and metaphor, using arrows, abstract symbols, or long trailing lines of tape to suggest motion, narrative, or scale. A few expanded the square outward into adjacent rooms or down the hallway, playing with proximity and space. Each response—immediate, intuitive, and materially constrained—revealed how individual design instincts emerge when structure is minimal but clear.
The experiment concluded with a surprising interpretation. One participant spelled out the phrase “111 FT” in tape, reframing the prompt entirely by inventing a fictional measurement. This moment shifted the tone of the project from spatial problem-solving to conceptual play and ultimately inspired the project’s title.
As a piece, 111 FT exists less as a final artifact and more as a record of process. The taped interventions were documented and compiled into a long horizontal poster that captures the full range of participant responses. The format references the long stretches of tape used by participants and echoes the linear progression of the experiment itself. Together, the responses illustrate how minimal rules can still yield highly varied and thoughtful
outcomes, emphasizing that constraint can be a powerful tool for unlocking variation and creativity in design.