Graduation project
Type of Thought
Marie Panken
# “Do I want to let my mind run free, find new connections, cut through to the core or change my perspective? I switch between tools depending on my aim.”
Can our thoughts be sculpted by a writing tool? Intrigued by the 140-year-old QWERTY keyboard, Marie Panken realised that thoughts alter and adapt as they move from mind via hand onto the page. What ways of thinking lie beyond our conventional computer keyboard? In ‘Type of Thought’, she presents a tactile tasting palette of four typing tools, each inspired by a modern art movement. Have your line of thinking disrupted by the Cubist keyboard, catch the essence on the frustratingly slow Minimalist one, or let ideas flow over an Impressionistic landscape of letters. On the Pop Art keypad three keys suffice: just enough to copy-paste your way onto the internet.