Help me fund my grad showcase at the Royal College of Art

Hi there,

I'm Octave, a 23-year-old designer soon to graduate from the MA Visual Communication programme at the Royal College of Art. With a background in dry stone walling, I’ve brought stone into my design practice—exploring it through the lenses of architecture, typography, and more specifically, traditional letter carving in stone.

My graduating project, Sundial System, is a program that invites users to explore the movement of shadows within an artificial 3D model of a hand-carved stone specimen. Using a hand-tracking system, the user’s hand acts as the source of light, allowing them to manipulate how light falls on the digital carving. Once a particular variation of the lighting feels right, they can capture it and use it as a writing tool, essentially writing with the shadows. The possibilities are endless, offering a new way to think about typographic variation—one based on light exposure rather than the usual Bold, Italic, or Thin.

If this project resonates with you and you'd like to support it, your contribution will go directly towards funding the monitor and computer setup I need to display the programme at my graduation showcase at the Royal College of Art.

Thank you so much!

If you wish to see my work taking shape during the graduation showcase, here are the dates and openings details:

Dorando Close, London W12 7FN ;

Royal College of Art White City campus

️PV: Thursday 3rd July

Public opening: July 4-6