What can graphic design reveal about law? Movie + Cards

What can graphic design reveal about law? from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo.

In November 2014 I created an experimental series of 14 designs each expressing a perception or expectation of law, using just the word itself. The intention was to provoke and facilitate conversation -  about law, about design, about law and design - within academia and beyond.

I launched the draft designs via Twitter #apkLAWdesigns and this blog, and used feedback to generate captions. You can experience a private view of the designs above.

For your own copy of the cards download the .pdf here, print on A4 and fold in the centre for image on one side, text on the other.

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Trial and error

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Barely there

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Cryptic

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Firestarter

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Line in the sand

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Subjective

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Then there were none

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Autopoietic

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Iron cage

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Bridge

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Weapon

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Lost and found

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Citadel

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We know who you are

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What can graphic design reveal about law?

LAWx6 (c) Amanda Perry-Kessaris

I set myself the task of developing at least 10 designs that are each intended to communicate, and facilitate discussion about, a widely perceived characteristic of law. My (self-imposed) constraints were to use no text other than the word ‘law’ within the design, with a short title and background note on the reverse; and that the design must fit on an A5 card.

Final versions of the designs + captions, can be found here.

Draft designs went out for feedback in an online mini show via the links below (and via Twitter @aperrykessaris #apkLAWdesigns) on 6 November:

We know who you are @ 9:00
Citadel @9:30
Lost and found @10:00
Weapon @10:30
Bridge @ 11:00
Iron cage @ 11:30
Autopoietic @ 12:00
Then there were none @ 12:30
Subjective @ 13:30
Line in the sand @ 14:00
Firestarter @ 14:30
Cryptic @ 15:00
Barely there @ 15:30
Trial and error @ 16:00

Send your visual and legal comments via Twitter @aperrykessaris #apkLAWdesigns or email a.perry-kessarisATkent.ac.uk.