Spade / スペード
Publication / パブリケーション
2024
Special edition issue cover
Spread from US Healthcare: A Scam?
THE PROJECT / プロジェクトについて
The objective of this project was to conceptualize and design a publication around a “dangerous issue” through the sequence of four stories, each with a different design approach: type and image, type only, image only, and one free choice.
Spade is an independent publication that embodies a humanistic approach to economic journalism, shifting narratives from the perspective of the tech industry, large corporations, and stock market to sharing voices of real, everyday people impacted by current US economic affairs.
The focal topic of the 40-page issue below is the consequences of health care privatization in the US.
10“ x 16”
-
Hsia, Renee Y. “Opinion: Same Hospital, Same Injury, Same Child, Same Day: Why Did One ER Visit Cost Thousands More?” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023, www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-11/hospital-healthcare-insurance-medical-billing-bay-area-san-francisco-california.
Kristof, Nicholas, and September Dawn Bottoms. “How Do We Fix the Scandal That Is American Health Care?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023, www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/opinion/health-care-life-expectancy-poverty.html?searchResultPosition=31.
Ofri, Danielle. “It Shouldn’t Be This Easy to Lose Your Health Insurance.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023, www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/opinion/open-enrollment-health-insurance.html.
Rosenthal, Elisabeth. “GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 5 Feb. 2024, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/02/gofundme-health-care-hospitals/677353/.