Bye/lingual: Multilingual Lettering Kit
Clara Ngie
See it On Campus: Level 2
Visitor InfoA lettering kit made for multilingual designers and letterers.
Bye-lingual
Adjective
When you speak two [or more] languages but start losing vocabulary in both of them.
Multilingual Lettering Kit
This project is dedicated to all the multilingual designers and letterers.
It is an invitation to explore multilingualism through the hands-on process of lettering that can easily be applied across multiple languages and writing systems.
I hope this kit inspires creatives from all backgrounds to reconnect with the languages they know and create opportunities to showcase diversity in typographic design.
Inside the Kit: Mini Workshops
The kit contains 3 mini lettering workshops, each with its own approach to creating letterforms.
LOREM IPSUM
Develop letterforms based on a predetermined set of shapes that can be applied to any language or script.
FOOD TO LETTER
Using food as the subject, the challenge is to create letterforms inspired by the qualities of various food items from different cultures.
FRANKENTYPE
Mix and match the deconstructed characters to create new and interesting letterforms.
Developing the Kit: Prototypes
Creating a lettering kit requires a lot of iteration and prototyping.
Below is a selection of some of the prompts, activities, and workshops that I have done over the year.
Design with Food
2-Day Food and lettering workshop
in collaboration with Aily Nishioka
Conversations around food-making, language, and culture.
