Type Design
Mixed Media
Adobe Illustrator
Thread Craft
This speculative worldbuilding project imagines the Pacifica people, survivors of a catastrophic collapse who rebuilt civilization beneath the ocean. Through anatomical studies and artifact analysis, the project develops "Pulse"—a vibrational speech system produced through mouth movements and detected by evolved conch-like cochleae—and a woven writing system inspired by quipu and thread-based traditions. The work explores how physiological adaptations, material constraints, and collective trauma shape communication: Latin characters were filtered for underwater vibrational clarity, hard consonants replaced soft ones, and weaving became a sacred ritual. Color-coded threads on algae leather distinguished social classes and emotional contexts, while the labor-intensive process reflected how loss transformed language into both memorial and identity. By grounding speculative evolution in real linguistic patterns and material culture, the project examines how catastrophe might not destroy language, but fundamentally reimagine what it means to speak, write, and remember.