Project 1 - Publishing Forms

Talking to Machines is a visual dissection of how voice assistants like Siri transform language into logic.

Drawing directly from Tom Geller's essay, this printed work fragments the text across structured layouts, overlays halftone imagery with pixelated noise, and embeds visual metaphors of analog computing and speech pathways.

The blue-grey-black palette reinforces a machine-like neutrality, while maze-like structures echo the ambiguity and recursion in speech interpretation. This publication translates the cold precision of AI processing into tactile, readable surfaces-bridging human expression and mechanical cognition through graphic design.

Project 1 - Sketchbook

This sketchbook documents the research, conceptual mapping, and formal experimentation behind "Talking to Machines."

From early analysis of Geller's essay to visual references, layout tests, and keyword extraction, the sketchbook reflects a critical design process.

Typography choices, colour schemes, and structural mock-ups are used to express the emotional and cognitive layers of voice AI. The work explores themes of technological disappearance, digital fragmentation, and poetic subjectivity.

It also reflects on how a printed book can simulate interactive, speech-based technologies through metaphor and materiality.