HAVING

a personal graphic design project


early versions of the bands

view of try with watercolor and masking tape and the seven comps to show the different solutions to the panels

paper comps to be sure that everything lines up

files for the X bands and Y bands for one of the panels

final exposition of the seven panels, view of the panels “solved” on right

My end-of-year personal project is based on my experience as a mother. I have seven panels with woven bands of paper that show squares of color with the words “YOU DON'T HAVE CHILDREN THEY HAVE YOU” written across the panels. The bands are moveable, and then the viewer can move the bands to show the phrases hidden underneath each word. The phrases include the word seen on the panel, and all the phrases come from the book The Parent’s Tao Te Ching: A New Interpretation by William Martin.