she/her
Lucy Purvis
I started by considering what I like about design. Why am I here? What motivates me? And what can I do to keep design a passion? I established a topic of interest and some themes within it that I am curious about: the development process of typefaces for non-Latin script language writing systems, the unique ways in which these typefaces are designed and utilized for communication, and how these systems lend themselves to type as image. I’ve gathered and continue to contribute to a collection of questions I have regarding differences between the typography I am most familiar with and that which I wish to learn more about. Through visual exploration, I want to highlight the differences in approach to the practices, standards, and processes between Western type and those of character-based languages, for those like myself who might be unfamiliar but curious.
My approach to this process is still being developed. Right now, it consists of gathering information on the specific topics that I am interested, leaning heavily into form-making for exploration and creation within the non-Latin typographic space to familiarize myself with it and gain a better understanding through practical application. I have come up with a comprehensive examination of the work that I found myself paying attention and going back to in my practice. I continue to take note of these designers and collect artifacts of reference.
There are existing sources that delve into this topic but I have consolidated the information found through my own explorations, for myself to a degree, but hopefully also for the benefit of those who interact with my thesis work. Ultimately, I seek to spark interest, using what I have gathered and created, in people who are also looking to enter into the world of non-Latin script-based typography, or simply challenge what they are familiar with by using the standards and practices not widely utilized in the Western design world.
50 Questions, 2024.
Poster series, 11 × 8 ½ in.
Newspaper, 2024.
Poster, 53 × 34 in.
Neve, 2023.
Poster, 47 × 33 in.
Daily, 2023.
Risograph prints, each 17 × 11 in.