Index—Open / Index—Closed
Experimental Book Design
2025
SIZE: Variable
BINDING: Cross stitch
Index—Open / Index—Closed explores how the form of a book can reflect the conceptual opposites of openness and closedness. The book defies traditional linear reading by having no clear beginning or end. Instead, it is bound at the center, allowing the reader to start from either side and progress toward the other end. One cover reads Index—Open, the other Index—Closed, and depending on how the book is approached, either can function as the front or back.
This dual-sided format allows two mirrored indexes to exist in parallel. The open index catalogs photographs of objects captured in their open states: an open stapler, a jar with its lid off, a roll of thread unspooled. In contrast, the closed index documents the same objects, ordered in the same sequence, but now sealed, shut, or contained. The project creates a system of categorization that is simple in concept but complex when considered as a whole.