Jeannie Han

CLUTTER as a T(  )L: [An Index for Messy Pedagogy]

[Thesis] [Editorial Design] [Research]

2026

Duplex printing on Inkjet

Dimensions: 4.5 x 7”

Mohawk (Via Vellum) Bright White and Colorplan Bright White

Clutter is everywhere.

Many perceive clutter as a physical phenomenon, but how could clutter also exist in our mental space?

‘CLUTTER as a T( )L: [An Index for Messy Pedagogy]’ is a five-part dos-à-dos, Coptic-bound book that physically and conceptually embodies clutter. Within its form, hundreds of information pathways surrounding topics within art, nature, history, and science interact with and interrupt each other, creating a form that can only be understood through the reader’s own process of sorting.

CLUTTER As a T(  )L open on the floor
CLUTTER As a T(  )L spread sequence
CLUTTER As a T(  )L accordion book form
CLUTTER as a T(  )L held in hand
CLUTTER As a T(  )L fanned booklet detail
CLUTTER as a T(  )L booklets on black
CLUTTER As a T(  )L interior spreads
CLUTTER spread A 17-18
CLUTTER spread A 3-4
CLUTTER spread A 5-6
CLUTTER spread A 7-8
CLUTTER spread A 1
CLUTTER spread A index
CLUTTER spread B 1-2
CLUTTER spread B 5-6
CLUTTER spread B 1
CLUTTER spread B index
CLUTTER spread C 11-12
CLUTTER spread C 15-16
CLUTTER spread C 19-20
CLUTTER spread C 5-6
CLUTTER spread C index
CLUTTER spread D 1-2
CLUTTER spread D 3-4
CLUTTER spread D 9-10
CLUTTER spread D 1
CLUTTER spread D index
CLUTTER spread E 11-12
CLUTTER spread E 15-16
CLUTTER spread E 5-6
CLUTTER spread E 7-8