Jamison Lung is a trans designer born in Philadelphia and based in Brooklyn. Her upbringing and the historical curiosities it formed naturally lend to her penchant for critical examination through design. \u201cI embrace the degenerative digital texture of the internet, imbuing an abrasive and imperfect quality to my work,\u201d Jamison says. \u201cI want to push the limits of legibility, disorienting the reader into considering a new perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jamison\u2019s compositions with Ethics Magazine<\/a>, a collaboration between herself and True<\/a>, see type snaking around the page and with unconventional placement, and shape. Writings on American history see the page marked in bullet holes \u2013 leaving stark reminders of dark moments \u2013 placed alongside playful experimentations surrounding themes of belonging, identity, and lines of internet chatter. One page reads \u2018He only knows my swag, not my lore\u2019. Both in print and digital<\/a>ly, Jamison maintains a steady tonal and typographical balance.<\/p>\n There is a sense of boundless play present in Jamison\u2019s work, informed by her gravitation towards satire and the deconstruction of language: \u201cNothing is particularly sacred and nothing lasts forever!\u201d she says. Jamison cites her inspirations and recent enjoyments: Slapstick radio broadcast Bob and Ray<\/a>, Mark Jacobson\u2019s novel Gojiro, Jona Lingitz\u2019s<\/a> work, Will Harrison\u2019s writings,<\/a> Phase Zero magazine, and Mel Brooks\u2019 1975 interview with Playboy.<\/a> Collaboration is where Jamison is most satisfied. She can be found working on Ethics Magazine and assisting design studio No Ideas<\/a> with their publishing initiative Book Ideas. Now, Jamison is in the process of now creating a film-cum-publication she calls a \u201cTrans-fem Noir\u201d made within a fem\/trans writing collective.<\/p>\n