Medium: Book Design, saddle stitched with thread on Neenah Environment paper 

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Mystery Liquid

“Look closer” was the prompt for this project, asking what we see every day but rarely take the time to notice. For me, it was puddles. Living in New York, you learn to watch where you step, between jokes with friends about “mystery liquids” falling from above and the strangely colored puddles scattered across sidewalks, they became my point of focus. This idea developed into a playful investigation of what that “mystery liquid” could be. Drawing inspiration from vintage crime and mystery paperbacks, I built a visual narrative that echoes that tone. I explored image treatment and sourcing alongside my own photography to build atmosphere, while maintaining a clean, readable layout. At the same time, the fluidity of the subject influenced the structure, images seem to push into text, and sections shift and spill across the page, reflecting how liquid is always changing form.