Code Word Archive

Publication | Typography | Poster | Motion
Print | Digital

Mentors  
Sandra Maxa, Hayelin Choi 
Forough Abadian, Amelia von Wolffersdorff

Designer  
Jia Yu

To thwart censorship on online platforms, many people have created code words to communicate sensitive topics. As a result, people have become metaphorical poets, deciphering each other’s codes, causing some words to lose their original meanings, and some words to disappear. Code Word Archive imagines a future where there is no longer a censorship mechanism, and the cryptic text of the past becomes a document of future human archaeology. A dictionary and videos become tools for deciphering poetic ciphers, tracing the taboos, and collecting memories of a period of online censorship.

︎︎︎Featured in Dezeen School Shows, 2023