— ARCHIVE — type design | experimental type system translating Chinese wisdom into wearable fonts || AN EXPERIMENTAL TYPE DESIGN AND INTERACTION PROJECT PRESENTED AT THE ABK STUTTGART ANNUAL EXHIBITION. WITHIN ONE WEEK, A SYSTEM OF 26 CUSTOM MONOSPACED TYPEFACES WAS DEVELOPED, FORMING THE TYPOGRAPHIC CORE OF A SMALL, INDEPENDENT FONT LABEL INITIATED BY A GERMAN–CHINESE COLLABORATION. UNDER THE TITLE TALK WITH XXXX, THE PROJECT COMBINED TYPOGRAPHY, FASHION, CODE, AND SPACE INTO AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION STAND. EACH T-SHIRT DISPLAYED A COLORFUL CHINESE WISDOM PRINTED IN ONE OF THE TYPEFACES, TURNING THE GARMENT INTO A PHYSICAL TYPE SPECIMEN. ATTACHED TO THE LABEL WAS A USB STICK AND A MINI POSTER CONTAINING THE CORRESPONDING FONT FILE AND VISUAL MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE FACE OF DING. BY PURCHASING A SHIRT, VISITORS ACQUIRED NOT ONLY A GARMENT BUT ALSO THE TYPEFACE IT DISPLAYED. THE NAME XXXX STANDS FOR DING BUT IS DELIBERATELY CROSSED OUT, SYMBOLIZING ANONYMITY AND THE IDEA THAT WRITTEN COMMUNICATION CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN ANYONE—SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO A COLLECTIVE VOICE. DEVELOPED AS A GROUP PROJECT.