Upcycled Modular Typeface

This project is inspired by the concept of zero-waste fashion concept, similar to upcycling concept. The word “upcycling” itself has the meaning of turning wasted materials into something with improved purpose. The modules of the typeface were taken from a square fabric as the base material, with two pieces of sewing pattern cut off, producing four offcuts, in a total of six fabric pieces as the modules to shape the letters. The letters were formed with certain rules such as no scaling, adding, removing, as well as overlapping pieces. With the restrictions made, it creates the same concept of using offcuts materials in the process of cloths-creating.

This typeface comes in two variations: perfect stitch where the sides modules perfectly intersect with each other, making it possible to be sewn together; and impossible stitch where only the angles intersect with each other, making it impossible to be sewn together.