Case study
Most kids today are extremely dependent on the internet and video content for learning instead of books. A book like this is an attempt to adapt the tangible experience of print media to the evolving landscape of technology for learning and storytelling.
‘A book that is not just a book’ was the given brief. The book was supposed to be experimental and inspired by a prompt word. The prompt I was given for this classroom project was ‘Gnossienne’ from the The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
Gnossienne n. a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life, and somewhere in the hallways of their personality is a door locked from the inside, a stairway leading to a wing of the house that you’ve never fully explored—an unfinished attic that will remain maddeningly unknowable to you, because ultimately neither of you has a map, or a master key, or any way of knowing exactly where you stand.
Interpretation
In my narrative, I wanted to give the impression of a linear narrative that a user could easily follow, but in the end, introduce them to a parallel narrative that makes them realize there is more to the story.