how to make friends online

Made June 2022 - May 2023

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Reminiscing on times when it felt like the internet was bringing us closer together instead of driving us apart.

If you know me it's no surprise that I was an extremely online teenager, and as an adult I'm very interested in:

  1. online communication
  2. the ways we share ourselves online
  3. how that does (or doesn't) match up with our offline lives

I'm definitely not done exploring this topic in general — but my first step in putting thoughts to paper was this nostalgic (self-indulgent) look back on moments in my life where I've felt genuine human connection through the cold blue light of online communication.

A first go at a zine-style format, How To Make Friends Online isn't designed for print, but still takes a lot of inspiration from riso print, collagey design. The visuals definitely aren't perfect, but this was partly an exercise in making myself actually finish a small project rather than tweaking it forever.

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