[M]ary
[E]lizabeth
[B]oatey
is a [designer] studying graphic design, photography, and textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design.
[01] ENYE ABOFRA NSEM
[02] SINK OR SWIM
[03] LATTICE
[04] LATTICE
[05] THE INDY
[06] WALTZ
[08] TRINK
[09] A SEAT AT THE TABLE
[10] “PADIKI”
[11] INTERSTICE
[12] CONVERSA DE SENHORAS
[13] HSK&T
Also see PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE
[01] Enye Abogra Nsem: Akan Letterforms
Enye Abofra Nsem or “This is Not Child’s Talk” responds to R. S. Rattray’s A Primitive Ethics of a Savage People by reframing Ghanaian proverbs, previously dismissed as primitive, as a sophisticated linguistic and visual system.
Drawing from Ghanaian basket-weaving, the typeface is constructed through woven paper grids and translates the Ghanaian alphabet across Latin and extended letterforms. The system is expressed through a series of twenty-two fan-accordion books, each using a single glyph to articulate structure, formation, and meaning within Ghanaian proverbs.
TYPOGRAPHY 3
INSTRUCTED BY:
Pouya Ahmadi