Photos: Tenari Tuatagaloa
Process
In the beginning, I explored a range of typographic ideas for conveying change-related processes such as disintegration, reflection, and dispersion. Material-wise, we considered shade-shifter vinyl and the moiré effect but landed on dichromatic acrylic for its transformative, ever-shifting nature. I was also inspired by elevation and sea levels; thus, the offset, multi-line lockup was formed. After reviewing different kinds of dichroic samples, we proceeded to have Automatic Arts laser-cut sheets of acrylic with pre-applied dichroic film. Due to the transparency of the acrylic, we quickly realized we needed a more inconspicuous backing and mounting method, and Automatic Arts solved this by backing the letters with white acrylic and using clear stand-offs.
