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VIKA designs books and brands that showcase the work of the artists and organisations of the future. We combine the conceptual rigour of book arts and the high production values of fine art publishing with the dynamism and connectivity of creative technologies.

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Oct 16

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Even though she was too young to speak, Everlynn could tell her mum whenever her ear hurt.

Lottie had watched friends struggling to understand what was wrong when their babies were ill. Earache is particularly difficult to identify when a child can't yet explain what's hurting. But Everlynn could communicate through British Sign Language (BSL).

“Sign language is such a gift,” Lottie told us.

This is exactly why VIKA's director, Victoria Forrest, created Baby BSL: Where is the Bird?

Designed and published by @vikabooks, this little illustrated buggy book uses augmented reality (AR) to bring pictures to life, alongside videos demonstrating British Sign Language.

Baby BSL introduces 20 everyday signs, giving Deaf and hearing families a playful way to learn and communicate together, even before children can speak.

This is what innovative book design at VIKA is about. Combining the craft of print with creative technology to create something genuinely useful. Something more.

Discover Where is the Bird? at vikabooks.com — link in bio.
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#BabyBSL #BritishSignLanguage #InclusivePublishing #ChildrensBookDesign #AugmentedReality #VIKABooks

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Oct 14

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What can a children's book teach a room of future doctors about communication?

Our director, Victoria, started signing with her hearing son before he could talk.

"One day in his buggy, while I showed him things at street level, he signed “where? birds”. He had a question, and a whole perspective, to share with me, and his signing was the only reason I knew."

Yesterday Victoria gave a talk at the Deaf Studies Trust to medical students from the University of Bristol, explaining ‘Where is the Bird?', the first immersive sign language book, and the power of signing with babies and toddlers, in deaf and hearing families.

For the medical students, one family's experience said it best,

“Sign language is such a gift! We saw friends going through ear infections or illness with their little ones just screaming and getting so stressed. They weren't able to find out what was wrong until they got a doctor's appointment. But Everlynn would sign as soon as she felt unwell.” — Lottie, Everlynn's mum

‘Where is the Bird?’ puts twenty everyday signs — hungry, hurt, more, sleep — into a child’s hands before they can say the words.

It's wonderful to have the Deaf Studies Trust behind the project, and we are looking forward to what's ahead.
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#BritishSignLanguage #BSL #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #BabyBSL

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Oct 12

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And Now the People Know.

A collaborative photographic project made by Leticia Valverdes with the Munduruku people of Sawré Muybu in the Brazilian Amazon, now gathered into a publication.

Leticia returned to the village carrying printed portraits and landscapes, and offered them back to the community as material to work on. Using paint, urucum, earth, leaves, river water and fire, children, women and elders marked the photographs directly — red for blood, gold for mining, silver for mercury — bringing the reality of mercury contamination to the surface of the image.

VIKA designed a zine that brings those images, marks and statements together in print and carries the Munduruku message beyond the exhibition, and lasts.

And Now the People Know
@leticiavalverdes + Munduruku of Sawré Muybu
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#PhotobookDesign #PublicationDesign #VisualStorytelling #SociallyEngagedPhotography #Munduruku

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