Lost and Found is a project initiative that aims to find and resurface people’s lost and forgotten stories. This project provides tangible platforms for these stories to be shared and used for connection between people’s experiences and emotions.
Series One is a series of 6 posters which highlight individual stories collected through Lost and Found.
These posters are simple and contain mainly typographic elements to make people’s narratives the primary focus.
Each poster also contains a coloured background which reflects the corresponding emotion with the story. This is so the audience can connect colour theory and the text to fully connect with the story. It is a gradient rather than a solid colour because emotions are not stagnant but rather are complex and fluid.
Series Two is a series of 9 posters which combine segments of three different stories collected by Lost and Found to create a new story.
Different segments of text, colour and different languages are combined to make new stories.
These blended stories are made by Lost and Found and also users of the website. On the website users can mix, edit and blend stories together to create new stories to be shared.
Whilst these stories may created they will still resonate with another persons experience. This quality of this series also encourages participation and continual connection between users.
Lost and Found - Website Mockups
The Lost and Found website is the central hub of the project. On this website users will be able to share, read and create stories which will then be displayed on this tangible platform. As users interact with the various content they are able to form connections with other people’s experiences and emotions and provide more stories to then continue the cycle of connection through storytelling.
Lost and Found - Stickers
Lost and Found stickers are just one example of how the brand is displayed in and interacts with external environments.
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
