Maku Azu
Typography
A custom glyph extension developed by continuing an existing typographic set for The World Within: Maku Azu.
Site Explorations is a collection of internet images sourced via Are.na and traced through reverse image search to document their origins. Framed as an archaeological record, each image is treated as a found object—excavated from the web, indexed, and recontextualized through its source and circulation.
Design
The project uses indexing and sequencing to structure collected web images as an archaeological record. Drawing from site mapping and processes of excavation, the system organizes fragments of digital content into a navigable and cumulative form.
Outcome
- A printed publication organizing collected web images as an indexed record
- A structured system for navigating fragmented digital content
- An early framework that informed the development of later data-driven publications (Katelyn Lee is Online)
Context
Role
Designer
Duration
1 month
Skills
InDesign, Photoshop, Are.na, Bookbinding
Collaborators
Elaine Lopez (Advisor)
Reflection
In this book, the act of tracing images back to their origins reframes them as cultural artifacts beyond random digital objects.
By documenting where they originate and how they circulate, the project suggests that digital images carry histories worth preserving—demanding a level of attention and care typically reserved for physical objects. What happens when digital traces are treated with the logic of physical artifacts?
By documenting where they originate and how they circulate, the project suggests that digital images carry histories worth preserving—demanding a level of attention and care typically reserved for physical objects. What happens when digital traces are treated with the logic of physical artifacts?
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