Art and Function with Type

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I have been thinking more about experimental typography and what the function of it is… if there always is such a function. I want to incorporate the artistic ability that typography has with the informative function of it. Basically creating experimental type that incorporates form and function, although the function may not always be legibility, it can involve a strictly artistic function for display and installation. I really want to experiment with interactive type, I want that to be a focal point to my thesis, which I am hoping and going to make it so I can install type design in an interactive setting.
So I guess, at this point I am narrowing my ideas down a little. I want the project to be about experimental typography that incorporates an interactive focus, which I can install of course. I want to incorporate the captivation that I have with experimental type, involving the different moods that different type gives. I want to create interactive pieces from this maze typeface that are limited edition products that can function individually as a maze and collectively to create type. This is where I need to research for my inspirations more. To find products, toys, places, etc that inspired me and give me a feeling that I can then transfer into type design, which then is transferred into the installation or interactive process. More than anything, I want this BFA project to center around the places, activities, objects, etc. that inspire me to work in digital art and transfer all of these inspirations into my experimental type.