surfacing: a (loose) manual on unlayering / stuffmaking & hypervisibility

this is a (loose) manual on a method that graphic designer zoë pulley likes to refer to as surfacing. it's a method that synthesizes narrative through the use of surfaces such as textiles, paper, web & video to reveal the spectacularly ordinary parts of Black life within a growing design practice. a method zoë (currently) practices in three (evolving) steps:. unlayering and piecing together stuff (rememory). acknowledgment of ancestry through stuff-making (kin). consciousness of oneself and the place / time / space in which the work is being disseminated (hypervisibility)this is a manual that profiles a (current) design practice of a Black female makera Black female maker that continues to amalgamate, respond-to and learn-from.one who recognizes that they are still growing — that their views expressed in this text will shift, evolve or change with time. Designed and published by zoë pulley, 2023Printed in a limited edition of 20 copies Softcover with applied metallic silver sticker