Köprü: The Chicago-Kavar Pen Pal Project.
This book compiles pen pal letters from students in Uptown Chicago at Christopher House to the village of Tokaçli in the Kavar Region of Southeastern Turkey. Implemented and with text by Allison Lowe-Fotos, Bridget Murphy, and Nurcan Basal, I archived the students’ many letters, photos and art that they sent to one another as a means of learning about other cultures and making lasting friendships beyond cultural borders. Text in English and Turkish.
Fotopia Press 2011. 98 pages, 8.5 x 11in, perfect bound, full-color interior ink.
Fall/Winter 2007, Volume 4, No. 2
Cover Design and interior page design for short fiction work “Basquiat and Six Uses of Space” by Travis Kurowski. The Ninth Letter is a collaborative arts and literary arts journal, combining innovative works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry with the cutting-edge graphic design from students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Here’s a link to the video about the making of the interior pages for Basquiat and Six Uses of Space: Ninth Letter feature video.