Major Project 2012 In 2011, just over 35 percent of couples who
married in 1986 had divorced before their silver wedding
anniversary. ‘Together | Apart’ allows parents to understand the
effects a family separation has on young adults through three
case studies. A typographic system is used as a means to portray
the heightened emotion and level of stress different events
within a family separation will cause. The higher on the stress
scale an event is, the more warped the text becomes. This makes
the text increasingly hard to read, and mimics the warping,
changing and unpredictable nature of grief. This is also
reflected in the process in which the warped text was created.
By distorting the text on the photocopier, not one result is the
same. This means that every page in the booklet is unique, which
further emphasises the fact that everybody's reaction to grief
is different. The project aims to open up the channels of
communication between parents and children during this
distressing time. Awarded membership