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Pill Bottle Manual
Experimental Publication: Fall 2024
This project explores how design can emerge from unconventional tools. Using Google Earth as my sole image-making and typographic tool, I created a manual that walks through the process of opening a pill bottle. The result is an abstract, narrative-driven risograph-printed pamphlet that folds out like a map referencing both the physicality of wayfinding and the digital landscape it was sourced from. The manual consists of two separate pamphlets: each front tells a visual story entirely composed of imagery from Google Earth, while the backs align to form a composite image of a pill bottle. This project challenges assumptions about what design tools should be, favoring constraint and reinterpretation over polish.
To bring the project full circle, I translated the printed manual back into digital form by designing a website that mirrors the interactive structure of Google Maps. Visitors can zoom in and drag across the screen to explore the manual’s imagery, navigating it much like they would a digital map. This reimagining of the print piece in a browser environment reinforces the project’s central theme: rethinking how we use and experience familiar tools. By blurring the lines between interface, narrative, and spatial design, the website invites users to wander through the manual as both a visual journey and a subversion of traditional design workflows.
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