Avery Meyer
averymeyer.orgI am a designer originally from Portland, Oregon, with a focus on publishing design and typography. I’m drawn to bold typefaces, bright color palettes, and expressive layouts, and I enjoy exploring the balance between structured systems and the organic, naturalistic elements of design. My design practice is rooted in the everyday. I draw inspiration from ordinary objects and the visual details I encounter in my daily life, finding meaning in designs that are often overlooked or taken for granted. The mundane becomes a source of influence, shaping how I approach form, structure, and communication. Through my work, I aim to think both critically and creatively, using design as a way to reframe the familiar and underscore the value of what might otherwise go unnoticed.
Dream Archive
Dreams are typically understood as private, unstable, and resistant to structure. This archive proposes the opposite: that through classification, comparison, and repetition, patterns may begin to emerge across individuals. By organizing dream records into a shared system of emotional, symbolic, and structural categories, this project investigates whether a collective subconscious can be suggested, not as a fixed truth, but as a condition produced through the act of archiving itself.
Through this publication, I use archival form and structure as a foundation while simultaneously introducing surrealist elements drawn from the collective subconscious. This approach creates space to move beyond the rigidity of a traditional archive, allowing the structure to loosen and adapt. The publication presents raw, unfiltered dreams, expressed through its visual and material design. A self-developed taxonomy accompanies the work, categorizing these dreams within a “classified records” section that mimics archival systems while reinterpreting their purpose. By combining the logic of archival organization with the fluid, often illogical nature of dreams, the publication explores the unconscious connections formed within the subconscious. It aims to reveal how structure and surrealism can coexist, offering a new way of understanding and documenting internal experiences.