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Abuse Suxxx!!! and Other Plays
2016

To celebrate TNS’ 30th anniversary, the theatre company compiled a collection of five LGBTQ+A plays written by resident playwright Haresh Sharma—complete with production information, playwright’s notes for the staging of each play and its script, and a dialogue session [of cast members, playwright and the audience] held at the end of every play.

Apart from incorporating a representative symbol of the rainbow flag for the LGBTQ+A community in a “subtle” manner, the holographic cover also ironically expresses how the community struggles to present themselves within acceptable societal and gender norms in order to fit in while being proud of who they are. The deliberate mix of serif and sans-serif typefaces reflects the archaic perception of homosexuality that still pervades despite living in a seemingly progressive time.

Featured in:

FPO, 21 February 2017
AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers 2016 (Nominated)
Asia-Pacific Design Nº. 13, p. 215

Associated with: qu’est-ce que c’est design
Client: The Necessary Stage (TNS)

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Creative Direction, Publication, Book Cover Design