Design Thesis: Design Fancy: Berit Kalmar

The late 90's were a hard time for Kalmar. She proposed the letter Mweh, which was ridiculed at first but has since been taken seriously and is the subject of countless research papers. Her argument was that our alphabet shouldn't be set in stone—that new letters should be added every 25 years. These new letters would lead to new words, new expressions, new ideas. Her first suggestion was the letter Mweh. Although it hasn't taken hold anywhere other than her native Kalix, it remains one of her best, but most misunderstood ideas.