THE CITY THAT MOVES THROUGH US
Book Design, Exhibition Design
THE CITY THAT MOVES THROUGH US emerges from years spent in transit. Spending half my life commuting, I began to wonder: despite all this movement, are we truly going anywhere—or is it only the city that carries us along? Featuring artists such as Ed Ruscha, Michael Wolf, and Walker Evans, the project uncovers the monotony, suffocation, and subtle transformations hidden within the daily rhythms of commute.
From Concept to Form
I translated the abstract concept of commuting into a physical book form. Drawing inspiration not only from different types of commutes and featured artists but also from experimental layouts, I sought to depict movement on the page and guide readers deeper into the experience.
Layouts in Dialogue
From Martha Rosler’s essays and Ed Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip to Guy Debord’s Situationist writings on commuting, I created layouts that respond to each artist’s work while keeping all elements tied to the shared concept of the commute. Designed shifting typographic layouts that draw readers into the content and let them move as they read.
Extending the Concept
I used Midjourney and Photoshop to create exhibition concept images that extend the book’s design language into three-dimensional space, developing a system that can operate across different mediums.