EXPSD is a publication where the physical materials are the content. Each element was chosen to mirror an architectural quality of Ngā Wai Hono I Te Pō - wood for the building's raw structure, acrylic for light and transparency, metallic paper for the industrial ceiling. The ring binding references exposed architecture: nothing hidden, every mechanism visible. The publication doesn't describe the building; it replicates the experience of moving through it.
A publication where materials are the content - wood for structure, acrylic for light, metallic paper for the industrial ceiling. The publication replicates the experience of moving through the building.
Each material decision was also a conceptual one. The ring binding - typically considered utilitarian - becomes a design statement: exposed architecture made tactile. The process journal documents three months of material research, binding tests, and iterative design, culminating in a publication that functions as both document and object.
The ring binding becomes a design statement - exposed architecture made tactile. A publication that functions as both document and object.
"Design became a way of exposing process. Not hiding the making, but letting it speak."
This outcome evolved through extensive material experimentation. I tested various substrates, from translucent film and mesh to heavy stock and layered paper. I studied how tactility could represent spatial qualities. Each experiment informed the final structure, guiding how light passes through, how pages fold, and how the book feels in hand. The title, EXPSD, shortened from "exposed," encapsulates this process of revealing rather than concealing. Documented throughout my WordPress process journal, the project showcases how exploration and making became central to both the concept and craft of the final work.
Through extensive material experimentation, from translucent film to layered paper, I explored how tactility could represent spatial qualities. EXPSD reveals rather than conceals the process of making.
