PROJECT 2v5

While this project initially began with numbers, from 0 to 9, we eventually touched on the letters ‘A’ and ‘Z’ (A-Z). However, one afternoon, while sorting through an old backpack, we stumbled upon a coin from a distant part of the world. This coin, once enough to buy bread and bananas for a day, was utterly worthless here. Like numbers, money is an abstraction-its value is defined by context, time, and place, yet it holds no universal, tangible meaning.

This realisation led us to think about how currency, like numbers, exists as a symbolic system, but one that shifts depending on location. For example, the USD symbol is widely recognised, and people have a general sense of its transferable value. This sparked a broader thought: is there truly a universal symbol in the modern world?

After consideration, we concluded that the “@” symbol might be the closest thing we have. It signifies where to find someone, no matter where they are, across the internet.

In this exploration, we’ve deconstructed variations of the @ symbol across different typefaces, before reconstructing it into new forms-continuing our theme of breaking down and reshaping the familiar.