Womxn: An alternative term for the English language word Women to explicitly include non-cisgender women.
For my BA Graphic Design FMP, I wanted to investigate and visually explore the problems womxn and gender
non-conforming femmes face online, a platform that many would believe is safe for womxn when the real world still is not. Taking this digital topic and highlighting issues that may be unheard of/deserve more awareness, I wanted each smaller project to be represented in different analogue forms. This includes printmaking, greetings cards, typewriter experimentation, spray-painting and bookmaking. My aim was to show all audiences, whatever gender identity, that these issues exist and that hopefully exploring these smaller topics (Romantic Miscommunication, Incel Culture and Revenge Porn) it would help educate others further.
non-conforming femmes face online, a platform that many would believe is safe for womxn when the real world still is not. Taking this digital topic and highlighting issues that may be unheard of/deserve more awareness, I wanted each smaller project to be represented in different analogue forms. This includes printmaking, greetings cards, typewriter experimentation, spray-painting and bookmaking. My aim was to show all audiences, whatever gender identity, that these issues exist and that hopefully exploring these smaller topics (Romantic Miscommunication, Incel Culture and Revenge Porn) it would help educate others further.
These are examples of the messages I received via Instagram submission from friends and friends of friends. The messages come from various social media and messaging apps including Tinder, Bumble and iMessage.
These are the four final greetings card designs I made, as I wanted to take the grotesque nature of the submitted messages and turn them into something traditionally nice to receive but keeping the communicative element key. I used cursive text, stock image flowers and pastel colours to emphasise the traditional greetings card identity but hide the gross phrases discreetly.
Composition page from my visual diary, using cut up visual research printed on vinyl stickers and collaged together.