For this self-initiated brief I researched various kinds of code systems, which fascinate me. In our lives we learn how to decode before we learn to speak. We learn to decode body languages and read facial expressions, later on we learn dress codes, etiquette, social codes and how to code and uncode language in type systems. We all interact with codes every day even unconsciously. For a conversation two parties need to know how to “code“ and “decode“ to communicate successfully.
I created postcards with a message written in a code, which started a conversation, which I did not initially expect. Nowadays we tend to communicate so much and so quickly by using online media that the message itself becomes less precious and less appreciated. But a code could now be used the other way around to slow down and draw more attention and dedication to the message itself and therefore appreciate it more. I started to write messages on postcards in morse code, later in different other codes such as the Semaphore code system and later I started to develop my own codes. These code systems became more and more decorative, almost like readable patterns.
After sending my postcards out, it was fascinating to receive responses in code, including new codes and in different medias. I also started a editable book to collect the codes with a hidden option to translate the code alphabets, integrated in the book cover.
I created postcards with a message written in a code, which started a conversation, which I did not initially expect. Nowadays we tend to communicate so much and so quickly by using online media that the message itself becomes less precious and less appreciated. But a code could now be used the other way around to slow down and draw more attention and dedication to the message itself and therefore appreciate it more. I started to write messages on postcards in morse code, later in different other codes such as the Semaphore code system and later I started to develop my own codes. These code systems became more and more decorative, almost like readable patterns.
After sending my postcards out, it was fascinating to receive responses in code, including new codes and in different medias. I also started a editable book to collect the codes with a hidden option to translate the code alphabets, integrated in the book cover.