(B1) DID: ILLUSTRATION OF A MENTAL ILLNESS BY USING TYPOGRAPHY BY BARALE ALLESANDRA

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    • Poster series for DID (mental illness)

    • Black and white once again

    • Typographic posters 

    • Looks like they have used projections to make the designs 

    • Minimal but, informational

    • Over layering of the same shape (letter) on top of each other 

    • Typesetting left- alignment but, placement is sometimes off set slightly, possibly due to the projections?

    • Type made to look like or has been done on a typewriter judging from the inconsistent ink opacity (usually from the uneven pressure each key has on a typewriter, plus the users own inconsistencies). 

    A few aspects of these designs are similar to the "Silent Scream" publication, colour scheme and minimalist. What stood out to me is the use of overlays of the letter in the middle, which I assume is to symbolise the multiple personalities a person with DID tends to have. It is a very subtle use of design and extremely effective. Obviously, we are looking at BPD, which is a personality disorder but, rather than experience a completely new personality, they have dissociative states where they feel not quite present in their body. There is also splitting, which is for example, one moment loving something and its entirety and the next hating it. This can often appear to be a personality change however, it is more like a person with BPD decompartmentalises, a certain part of them takes over to deal with a certain situation often when "triggered". 


    I also feel like the effects used in these posters give an eerie atmosphere, showing the dark side to mental health. Obviously, there are not many "good sides" to mental health however, I feel like this sort of thing is not shown in the normal, conventional posters. Perhaps because the stuff out there is not hard- hitting enough?


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