Et Al: Axis

8.5"x11" book, with the RISD MFA class of 2019, printed through lulu.com

Co-contributors: Chistopher Cote, Olivia de Salve Villedieu, Joel Kern, Eury Kim, Jieun Kim, Elaine Lopez, Robert McConnell, Mohammed Nassem, Annaka Olsen, Goeun Park, Marcus Peabody, Angela Torchio, Wei-Hao Wang, and June Yoon

Et Al is a collective atlas that brings together the work of 15 graduate students from RISD's graphic design MFA class of 2019. My section focuses on the idea of axis—a central dividing line. To gather content, each of us performed a series of labors, or Herculean tasks. We then created a 14-page section that worked within the whole sequence. The title of the book (coined by Olivia de Salve Villedieu) comes from the phrase "et al", which means "and others". This book is mine, and yours and ours. 

Axis juxtaposes visual pairings relating to various meanings of the word "axis". The images and text highlights the relationship between people and objects, people and each other, and my personal relationship to Providence—a new and uncomfortable place for me at the time. Axis shows a desire for connection, while revealing some of the subtle connections that exist in the spaces of one's own experience—if only we take the moment to look.