Heather Corcoran is a designer and a writer. She makes books, maps, and posters. Many of her personal essays involve looking closely at a place. First Deployment is a visual essay about San Diego in 1972. Always, briefly reflects on the new view after a relocation during adolescence. Notes for an essay about living in Chicago describes a friendship in a design studio. Notes on Running Away records a brief period of intensive running in the 1990s. Reading Time catalogs some typographic approaches to literature and time. Six Conversations is a close reading of dialogue in short stories by contemporary women. San Diego 1972 translates the visual essay First Deployment onto a single surface. Yellow Plastic Pool is a juxtaposition of sewing, San Diego, a mother-daughter relationship. Off-road tracks a series of runs in the spring and summer of 1995. This poster models how design students can grow the scope of their learning over time. First Deployment Always, briefly Notes for an essay about living in Chicago Notes on Running Away Six Conversations Reading Time
