Counting the Uncounted

By Kasaee Seyed Sajad

How do we prove who we are to the people and institutions with whom we interact? An officially-recognized form of ID is the key enabler – critical not only for exercising a wide range of rights but also for accessing healthcare, education, finance, and other essential services.

Featured image of the project Counting the Uncounted

Metaphor used:

Inspired by fingerprint which contains different individual lines and each line indicates a specific country and the numbers are within the lines

Intended Meaning:

In first glance, the user will be faced on similar lines which present a fingerprint. By disappearing each line the complete shape is changed to defective shape. in this case, the user feels that the shape missed its identity and meaning.

Source:

https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/identification-development-global-dataset