Don't Forget...
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Book/Editorial
Packaging Design
Designer(s)
Samantha Crawford
Duration
0 Weeks
Recognitions
You're Here Forever
Don't Forget, You're Here Forever is a collection of fandom perspectives on the intersections of online queer people and Kpop fandom. Balancing media studies, queer theory, and personal essays, Don't Forget sheds light on western fandom motivations as well as answering why the lesbians like Kpop boys so much.
The book features 8 personal essays, stylishly formatted in a lush and playful way that alludes to the design of Kpop albums. The bright colours interact well with each other and the content at hand.
One of my favourite results of this project was the visualizations of unsuspecting data. Many kpop albums include posters and photocards, and I was inspired to include the same. Using a playlist and my bias list, I constructed webs of how each interconnects. The resulting posters are striking and weave the viewer through what is honestly fairly mundane information, making it vibrant and interesting. It was also a great excuse to put my illustration skills to use.
Through this project I realized that I enjoy writing on queer media intersections more than I had initially expected. My hopeful next steps with a project like this would be to independently pursue more writing and design centring on media and culture studies. For the full project and book pdf, please visit my website.
