Invisible ink concepts

 Invisible ink concepts

Another way in which I could censor things in my publication would be the physical element of using invisible ink. I feel like it would work quite well in both communicating the theme of censorship within Berlin's techno scene, as well as linking to the UV paint used in a lot of the techno parties. 

I quite like the idea of having elements of images super cropped so the user initially doesn't know their context; the full image and context could be printed in invisible ink, to create more of a fun and interactive narrative. This also means that the techno tourist audience will have to actively seek out the information, and coordinates to the posters based in Berlin. 

Again, these initial ideas pretty much consider how I could lay out the format of the publication to keep it super minimal and not too explicit; I tried doing so through inverting images to create more of a distorted effect. 

After figuring out the initial parameters of the image setting, I wanted to explore how I could include type into the designs; I feel like I would also want to keep the type hidden with invisible ink, as obviously it would make the information more secretive and censored. I decided to include one of the techno tourist rules I made up, as for the publication I could keep it quite simple and have a double page layout like these for each rule. I also thought it would be quite interesting to include the german translation of the text printed in non invisible ink, as it would link to the idea of techno tourists being outsiders and feeling foreign to the subculture. Again, I tried some quick colour schemes, mainly sticking to the grey and bold colours that I have previously used and really liked. 

I feel like I could definitely develop this concept further, maybe by trying more interesting ways of typesetting. The only limitation is that this format still sticks to a pretty standard a4 sizing, so the actual format isn't massively conceptually reinforced. Maybe I could try and combine invisible ink printing with the folded technique?