This publication visually explores and openly discusses the public issue of hostile architecture in the UK through emulating the feeling of discomfort via physical interaction with the contents of the publication, making it difficult, challenging or uncomfortable to read. The book uses similar design principles as the architects of hostile design movement to replicate these feelings and emulate a different form of discomfort to the reader, providing them with relevant information on the subject matter and makes for a tangible reading experience.

The outside of the book has a concrete-like appearance, achieved by the bounding the cover in sandpaper, the tactile response to this texture provides a feeling of discomfort when held. The metal belly band acts as a hindrance to the reader, it must be removed before accessing the content inside. To do so, the user must drag the bar across the book causing further discomfort of the metal scraping on the coarse sandpaper. The use of metal aspects such as the screws, metal plates and the belly-band further accentuates a hostile and industrial appearance to the overall outcome that visually reflects some of the negative connotations of hostile architecture.

Since the publication was kept minimal in the application of colour scheme, it was important to maximise the effect graphics and various imagery could have on the reader, each spread has a different approach to the visuals, based on the accompanying text for that page. Every individual page has a slight difference in the weathering texture applied in order to create a more organic and natural presentation that helped keep each page unique in its stylisation.