For a personal project, I wanted to prove that even something as basic as the alphabet could be a playground for design – no client brief, just 26 letters and total creative freedom. I created a 60-page alphabet encyclopedia, giving every letter its own uniquely illustrated spread paired with written reflections on what I'd learned along the way.

Spreads are colour-coded by category – yellow for reflection, cyan for terminology, magenta for skill/inspiration – giving the book its own internal logic despite the variety. I leaned hard into negative space and the interplay between text and illustration, treating each letterform as a design challenge rather than sticking to safe, expected shapes.

The result: a book that's as much about process as final pages – a hands-on exploration of typographic and illustrative range, and proof that "just the alphabet" can carry a lot of design thinking.