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In the 1980s, British designer Alan Fletcher spotted a modular grid on the back of a Russian Post Office envelope. It operated as a framework, enabling the sender to write out the postal code. For this exhibition we have drawn a new alphabet originating from this grid, previously used only for numbers. There are no curves, just upright, horizontal and diagonal lines — the result is a unique letter form. Its design rule is characteristic of early twentieth-century design practice where simple modular systems were embraced. The thin, black lines and sharp corners echo the exhibition design by Pippa Nissen Studio. The empty grid is illustrated on the back cover.

Exhibition design: Pippa Nissen Studio