Bit-By_bit — Carrie Kuo

CARRIE KUO

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Carrie Kuo is a multidisciplinary graphic designer from Southern California, currently based in New York City. She has a BFA in Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. Her practice explores the intersection of analog processes and digital tools, resulting in thoughtfully crafted design.

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Bit-By-Bit Typesetting, Experimental Print

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Bit-By-Bit
2025

᪥ Typesetting
᪥ Experimental Print
᪥ Analog Systems

An analog typesetting stencil that draws from the logic of punch cards, where a system of holes encodes information, and from 8-bit pixel fonts, in which simple grids generate letterforms. I was interested in how minimal units can produce both function and beauty through repetition.

Combining these influences, I designed a circle-based type system that serves as the template for a hole-punched stencil. Using pencil and paper, I manually typeset a poster of lyrics from Ella Fitzgerald’s “Blue Skies.” The final composition contains 29 words and 124 letters and took five hours to complete. The time-intensive process foregrounds labor and patience, transforming digital logic into a slow, physical experience of making.