Everything is Okay explores the different ways anxiety manifests across individuals, challenging the idea that it presents as a single, recognisable experience.
Through a series of interviews and accompanying black-and-white photography, the project documents five personal responses to anxiety - from withdrawal and dissociation to physical tension and repetitive behaviours.
The book pairs each voice with a distinct visual interpretation, using restrained editorial design to foreground the rawness and individuality of each experience.
“feels like everyones looking at me”
“it’s like a dream, like you’re asleep”
“people don’t fully grasp it”
“like a closed bottle of pressure”
“there’s a time limit”
It’s like, it feels like everyone’s looking at me. Yeah, I know they’re not looking at me. If I have one person looking at me, I’m going to be like, Oh, okay, whatever. But if I have like 50 people looking at me, that’s why I don’t like crowded spaces. Because it just feels like I’m constantly being judged. Yeah, doing stuff, whether that be the way I’m walking, the way my posture is, the way I talk, the way I look, how I dress and basically everything.
No, like I said just the wobble. And that there’s not a physical wobble per-say, it’s a mental wobble. I could be sat here like this watching tv or doing whatever and all of a sudden I haven’t moved and if you was sat there watching then you wouldn’t see me move but in my head it feels like I’ve gone. It’s like you just have a shift without actually shifting. It’s just bizarre, just in your head it just, you know you kind of just jump all of a sudden.
I feel kind of like people can’t really fully grasp it. Like, whenever they talk to you about your anxiety they make you feel like they want to succeed in making you feel better. Like, you can’t really, the resolution of that conversation you almost feel like you have to make it so that they feel like they succeeded in making you feel better. The act of talking about your anxiety while having an anxiety attack is its own battle.
It’s sort of like a closed bottle which is constantly having pressure applied to it. Inevitably it the cap just comes off.
Hmm. When I usually feel anxious, I kind of get, like, an uneasy feeling in my stomach. And then, after that, I feel like there’s a time limit. Like, if I was on a bus, for instance, I see stops that I would be going past. And then I imagine how worried I would be if I just got off at them without anywhere to go, without anything to do, and how that would worry me being stranded like that.
The Book
The project culminates in a printed book that brings together each interview and its corresponding visual response.
Designed in a restrained, minimal format, the publication allows each voice to remain distinct while maintaining a cohesive structure throughout.
The use of black and white reinforces the emotional tone of the work, while the sequencing of images and text reflects the varied and often unpredictable nature of anxiety itself.
Front and back cover, Interviewee W’s illustration of anxiety on the back cover
Outcome
The final outcome is a printed book that translates personal experiences of anxiety into a structured visual narrative.
Through the combination of interview excerpts and restrained black and white imagery, the work presents anxiety as something varied, personal, and often misunderstood - giving visibility to experiences that are typically internalised.
Miles Davis
Visual system design - Concept
2024 | Visual System | Music Design
No Disguise
Youth mental health platform - Concept
2026 | Brand Identity | Website Design | UI/UX
LUMA
Youth mental health platform - Concept
2026 | Brand Identity | Website Design | UI/UX
Everything is Okay
Photobook featuring greyscale photography
2025 | Editorial | Photography
PROJECT
Everything is Okay explores the different ways anxiety manifests across individuals, challenging the idea that it presents as a single, recognisable experience.
Through a series of interviews and accompanying black-and-white photography, the project documents five personal responses to anxiety - from withdrawal and dissociation to physical tension and repetitive behaviours.
The book pairs each voice with a distinct visual interpretation, using restrained editorial design to foreground the rawness and individuality of each experience.
“feels like everyones looking at me”
“it’s like a dream, like you’re asleep”
“people don’t fully grasp it”
“like a closed bottle of pressure”
“there’s a time limit”
It’s like, it feels like everyone’s looking at me. Yeah, I know they’re not looking at me. If I have one person looking at me, I’m going to be like, Oh, okay, whatever. But if I have like 50 people looking at me, that’s why I don’t like crowded spaces. Because it just feels like I’m constantly being judged. Yeah, doing stuff, whether that be the way I’m walking, the way my posture is, the way I talk, the way I look, how I dress and basically everything.
No, like I said just the wobble. And that there’s not a physical wobble per-say, it’s a mental wobble. I could be sat here like this watching tv or doing whatever and all of a sudden I haven’t moved and if you was sat there watching then you wouldn’t see me move but in my head it feels like I’ve gone. It’s like you just have a shift without actually shifting. It’s just bizarre, just in your head it just, you know you kind of just jump all of a sudden.
I feel kind of like people can’t really fully grasp it. Like, whenever they talk to you about your anxiety they make you feel like they want to succeed in making you feel better. Like, you can’t really, the resolution of that conversation you almost feel like you have to make it so that they feel like they succeeded in making you feel better. The act of talking about your anxiety while having an anxiety attack is its own battle.
It’s sort of like a closed bottle which is constantly having pressure applied to it. Inevitably it the cap just comes off.
Hmm. When I usually feel anxious, I kind of get, like, an uneasy feeling in my stomach. And then, after that, I feel like there’s a time limit. Like, if I was on a bus, for instance, I see stops that I would be going past. And then I imagine how worried I would be if I just got off at them without anywhere to go, without anything to do, and how that would worry me being stranded like that.
The Book
The project culminates in a printed book that brings together each interview and its corresponding visual response.
Designed in a restrained, minimal format, the publication allows each voice to remain distinct while maintaining a cohesive structure throughout.
The use of black and white reinforces the emotional tone of the work, while the sequencing of images and text reflects the varied and often unpredictable nature of anxiety itself.
Front and back cover, Interviewee W’s illustration of anxiety on the back cover
Outcome
The final outcome is a printed book that translates personal experiences of anxiety into a structured visual narrative.
Through the combination of interview excerpts and restrained black and white imagery, the work presents anxiety as something varied, personal, and often misunderstood - giving visibility to experiences that are typically internalised.
Miles Davis
Visual system design - Concept
2024 | Visual System | Music Design
No Disguise
Youth mental health platform - Concept
2026 | Brand Identity | Website Design | UI/UX
LUMA
Youth mental health platform - Concept
2026 | Brand Identity | Website Design | UI/UX
Everything is Okay
Photobook featuring greyscale photography
2025 | Editorial | Photography
PROJECT
