Eight Mile Road is a response to the 2023 ISTD Brief ‘Mapping the World’.
This piece focussed specifically on the 2010 Detroit Census racial dot map. The map shows how much the United States remains segregated by race. Each book typographically represents either side of Eight Mile Road and tells a story of what life is like for residents living there.
I selected different paper stocks for each book to ensure the divide between the two was clear. The North side being a rich, cream off white shade and the South being a more gritty and gloomy grey. They were connected by a handmade hard cover to ensure that the reader could read the spreads together.
This piece focussed specifically on the 2010 Detroit Census racial dot map. The map shows how much the United States remains segregated by race. Each book typographically represents either side of Eight Mile Road and tells a story of what life is like for residents living there.
I selected different paper stocks for each book to ensure the divide between the two was clear. The North side being a rich, cream off white shade and the South being a more gritty and gloomy grey. They were connected by a handmade hard cover to ensure that the reader could read the spreads together.
