De(Re)construction: A Study in Worldbuilding
This project began as a simple object analysis of all of the things that exist in my bedroom. I gave myself strict parameters and reconstructed the objects as minimally as possible. I then reconstructed an aerial view of my bedroom in a poster. In constrast to this rigidness, I played with chance and variability using alignment and pathfinder tools in Illustrator and InDesign that lead to two technical books. A short gif animation of the resulting compositions shows the sequence of using the tools.




The final part of Reconstruction/Deconstruction is a publication that recontextualizes the process and results throughout the project. ‘‘Atoms, Particles, Clusters, Universe’’ is about worldbuilding through designed elements. Each section of this project is overlayed on top of Tolkien’s essay about storytelling: ‘‘On Fairy Stories’’. As the universe of this project is built through my design and others’, this alternative universe overtakes the other one. The final section, Universe, expands on my own designs by giving sticker sheets of objects to my peers to created worlds of their own, playing with alignment off of the computer. This final publication encapsulates the project’s objective of looking at the world alternatively and building a new one.
