True & False
Don't believe anything that you read? 2017—2018
Finn Mullan (IE)
In 2013, American filmmaker Errol Morris ran a study with The New York Timesto find what typeface is considered to be the most believable. Baskerville was considered the most reliable. A typeface can influence us when it comes to believing whether a sentence is true or false. Bastardville, the font shown in this exhibit, is a response to this. Broken down until only the remnants of the Baskerville typeface remain to reflect the truth being eroded in the post-truth era, Bastardville is not made to be easily legible but for the viewer to struggle to read the content.
BIO
Finn was born in 1996 and recently graduated from the visual communication programme in the National College of Art and Design. He is currently trying to find his place in the design world while making new projects. Finn based his final-year project on the topic of post-truth, a subject that runs throughout his work. For him, design is something that can vocalise and address subjects of political and cultural importance, especially when dealing with the contemporary issue of unreliable truths.