I was recently invited to spend the day with students and staff at Martin College in Brisbane creating a tactile typography piece for permanent display on their corridor wall. It was decided we spell out the words Design & Technology, as both of those departments occupy the same floor. Most letters were a combination of teamwork, but some students tackled a letter by themselves. It was a really fun day. Exhausting, but fun and we managed to get all the letters up on the wall by the end of the day.
The materials were all sourced from Reverse Garbage in Brisbane, where we were able to find offcuts of carpet squares, corks, foam and fur. We also raided the tech office at Martin College where they were about to throw out hundreds of floppy disks and DAT tapes, so these were smashed open and repurposed.
Thanks to Selvir Zulic and the rest of the team at Martin College Brisbane for making it all happen.
