Open Collab x Falmouth University
Berlin visual exploration
This two-day collaborative workshop in Berlin was led by graphic designer and artist Patrick Thomas, and developed through the Open Collab platform in collaboration with the MA Graphic Design programme at Falmouth University, where I was studying at the time. The workshop explored the city’s graphic vernacular through observing, collecting and interpreting everyday visual details found in the urban environment.
Images gathered during fieldwork were selectively uploaded to the Open Collab platform, where individual contributions were combined through a randomised process to generate experimental visual compositions. The experience encouraged shared exploration and discussion, offering a way to engage with Berlin through a design-led and artistic lens shaped by place, conversation and observation.
Working in small groups, we were asked to conduct visual field research across Berlin, focusing on overlooked typographic elements, signage, textures and incidental graphics. Each group documented their findings through photography, building a shared visual archive that reflected the city’s character at a granular level.
Selected images below reflect my individual visual research and photographic selections from the fieldwork phase, prior to experimentation on the platform.
Task & process
