Beyond the Body

A perception of appearance and identity

Beyond the Body is a publication designed to accompany the graduation project Beyond the Body of Dutch product designer Imme van der Haak at the Royal College of Art, London 2012.

Van der Haak's work focuses on altering the human form by affecting its figure with just one simple intervention. Photos of the human body are printed onto translucent silk which will create the possibility of physically layering different body’s, ages, generations and identities.
In a dance performance, the moving body manipulates the fabric so the body and the silk become one, distorting our perception or revealing a completely new physical form. The movement then brings this to life.
Beyond the body brings into being an ambiguous image that intrigues, astonishes or sometimes even disturbs.

More photos will follow soon.

For more information about Imme van der Haak and her project, please visit her website.
To order Beyond the Body, please email : info@immevanderhaak.nl
£20 / €25
ISBN 978-0-9572882-0-1

Paper: Munken Lynx
Size: 16.5 x 23.5 cm
Printer: Aldgate Press
Copies: 250

Thank You Silent Media

A poster designed to point out the boundaries of journalism and new media. Can we say what we want to say, and can we share what we want to share? Digital documents that are classified as 'confidential' or as 'secret' are not that private anymore in our contemporary society.
Thank You, Silent Media has been donated to the Silent Poster Sale at St. Brides, London. The Silent Poster Sale is a collaboration between St Bride Foundation and BA Graphic Design students from CSM to fundraise both for the Library of St. Brides and the 2012 Graphic Design Degree Show. For an overview of all the participating designers and submitted posters, please visit the Silent Poster Sale blog.

The poster is designed in collaboration with two Dutch graphic designers, Esmée Steur and Annouck Welhuis.

Size: 420 × 594 mm
Copies: 3