Mixed Messages

The same object, if treated differently, shifts the story it tells and the world in which it lives.
Graphic objects act as artifacts, providing clues to their larger world context. Changed even slightly, the artifact will indicate a different world to which it belongs. Each difference—in the font, the paper, the physical condition—reveals clues. What are the smallest alterations I could make to an object that would shift the world it suggests and the story it tells? Click the arrows on each image to scroll through.