From aphasia to art: how Eilish Briscoe is reimagining visual communication

From aphasia to art: how Eilish Briscoe is reimagining visual communication

After a stroke left her unable to write, this designer transformed her recovery into revolutionary typographic art. Most of us take our ability to communicate for granted. We type, we speak, we write, we gesture. But what happens when that fundamental human capacity suddenly fractures? Artist and designer Eilish Briscoe knows exactly what exists in that terrifying gap. Following a stroke that left her with aphasia—a condition affecting language …