The Typographer’s Stage is a new interpretation of the seminal text, The Street Scene, written by Bertolt Brecht in 1950.

Written as a philosophy for modern theatre, The Street Scene discusses both the actors’ delivery and audience’s interpretation of theatrical plays. Brecht’s work encouraged the audience’s intellectual engagement with the content. Over half a century later, Brecht’s analogy bears close resemblance to the relationship between contemporary audience and typographer.

The Typographer’s Stage is a publication and tear-out poster set which celebrates the mechanics of typographic production. Through the use of the page as a metaphor for the theatrical stage, the viewer is guided through a contemporary take on The Street Scene.

Just as The Street Scene exemplified: with exposure to the layers of production, a space is created for individual interpretation, comprehension of the demonstrator’s decisions and an understanding of the structural foundations of the performance.