TORCH LOOSE PANIC (2025)

Published by DATABLEED

TORCH LOOSE PANIC by poet Sammi Gale draws its title from 'Torchsschlusspanik', a German term describing the fear of getting older and time running out to take advantage of life's opportunities. The cover design for the pamphlet is a retina-popping typographic take on life passing you by, motion-blurring optotype lettering from optician's eye tests into barely legible blobs.

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Purdy is the creative practice of graphic designer Seán Purdy and a network of collaborators, working across , , and . Seán has over a decade of experience, including 11 years at Barnbrook, where he became Senior Designer.

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