Duo

Aug, 2025

"Duo" is an experimental design project that originates from the collection and reinterpretation of "two-person" symbols commonly found in public spaces. Whether in restrooms, schools, or street signs, these simplified human figures consistently appear in pairs, forming one of the most ubiquitous yet easily overlooked visual languages of our daily lives.

Symbols were chosen as the medium because they embody a high degree of publicity and cross-cultural recognition, capable of conveying meanings of relationship and interaction in the most concise way. At the same time, their abstraction and modularity make them naturally suitable for recomposition and translation—much like musical notes that can form rhythm.

In this work, We categorized and reassembled these paired figures, arranging them onto 30-note music box paper strips. Each pair of figures was punched at their positions, so that when the strip is hand-cranked, the visual symbols are transformed into sound, creating another sense of duet.

"Duo" is not only a visual archive of symbols, but also a cross-media experiment: it transforms "visible signs" into "audible melodies," inviting the audience to re-experience the imagery of two figures in daily life through both sight and sound.