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Student Project, 2023

In 2020, I experienced the devastating loss of a close friend to suicide. This event profoundly affected me, more than anything else in my life. To process my grief, I wrote, designed, and meticulously assembled this experimental typography book several years later. I explored the concept of transparency as a metaphor for vulnerability, employing various techniques to obscure, layer, and highlight specific elements and words to convey the story of the most harrowing experience of my life.

What surprised me was how therapeutic this process turned out to be. By the end, I felt a renewed sense of hope for the future. This tragedy has shaped me into the resilient, unapologetically loving person I am today. If this book reaches anyone who has endured something similar, I hope it offers them solace in knowing they are not alone and that there is hope for healing.