Extraordinary Geographies

There is no single perspective; there are perspectives. The Dutch design studio Metahaven has stated: “If surface is a kind of place, or site, the designer is its geographer.” A surface, for instance a blank sheet of paper, is the starting point of value. What a designer brings to it, creatively, aesthetically, produces a price. The value of that same piece of paper can increase exponentially. In my practice I challenge the customary understanding and implications of what a poster is, of what a publication is, two common mediums for a designer. I incorporate manifold perspectives in a single work by fusing, for example, interactive design—the literal engagement and participation of the viewer—and tactility, e.g. printing on uncommon materials, in order that, not only I but my viewer is its geographer.