ARMIRIKI
Notes in Linear B
An exhilarating research and collaboration with armiriki about Linear B.
The decipherment of linear b, the earliest adaptation of greek language into a script, revealed a world of laborious palace administration, widespread trade, religious offerings and military campaigns. It was a syllable based script with numerous ideograms, which flourished and declined along with the mycenaean civilization (1600–1100 bc). This series depicts characteristics of its cultural signature through a selection of prominent ideograms decorated with geometric period motifs, in a combination of linguistic and artistic elements of that time.
The designs compose an artist story presented in a series of limited edition t-shirts for their store.
03 / gold /
like the dominion of the sun is kept in balance and harmony, gold as symbol of fair and glorious kingship shines out the righteous light of the sun. it is found near royalty as a glorious index of accumulated wealth and mystical power.
04 / crocus /
the saffron spice, product of the crocus flower, was handpicked by women for its vivid yellow color as a dye for luxurious textiles. it was celebrated for its medicinal benefits and traded throughout the Mediterranean as a valuable economic commodity. 400 manhours are still required to produce 1 kilo of saffron.
