Separate the frame from the contents.
Build a quiet information structure that can support objects with different shapes and proportions.
Index of Fragments
A system for things that do not quite match.
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Sheet 01 — The inventory.
An archive can hold a collection together without making everything look alike. Index of Fragments explores a small editorial system for unrelated shapes, observations and pieces of visual material.
A consistent numbering layer and a flexible grid give each fragment somewhere to sit. Changes of scale and colour keep the pages open to different rhythms, while the reference marks make the collection navigable.
Allow an exception.
Let one fragment cross a grid line or occupy more space. A system feels useful when it can accommodate a considered exception.
Make the sequence legible.
Use numbers, captions and repeated margins to connect the plates. The relationships should survive a change in the order of reading.