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Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
Find Meaning Make Meaning, Karen Stein
Find Meaning Make Meaning, Karen Stein
Theses and Dissertations
Employing the designer William Morris as a source of inspiration, this project seeks to explore the call for nature and beauty as a part of our lives. Moreover, it interweaves the necessity for experience of the sensual world (the five senses) with the cerebral world (a requisite to igniting the internal imagination)—a concept embodied in the form of the book. It advocates a redefining of the book as an imagination sculpture (the external and the internal) reflecting this new definition.
The Open Road, Bryan Condra
The Open Road, Bryan Condra
Theses and Dissertations
In our journeys on the open road, we travel through a landscape of visual imagery composed of patterns, rhythms and a spectrum of changing colors. Our previous experiences, mental and physical attitudes and expectations, shape our perceptions. By visually interpreting and presenting my experiences of the journey on the open road I hoped to tell a story of how the open road energizes the creative spirit. My goal was to explore how the landscape is altered by motion and speed as we pass through it, and how the journey can be experienced in various ways. I wanted to investigate and …
Self-Reference Through White Space In Graphic Design, Can Birand
Self-Reference Through White Space In Graphic Design, Can Birand
Theses and Dissertations
In the graphic design, successful use of white space provides the designed object with a strong reference to its material quality and internal structure. Showing the paper breaks the wall between the design and the viewer, and gives the audience a better understanding of the construction of graphic design. White space is devoid representation, which leads the work to become completely honest about its materiality. This project explores different methods and processes for creating aesthetic/conceptual integrity in graphic design by using white space as a primary device.
After August: Museums As Mirrors, William Pinholster
After August: Museums As Mirrors, William Pinholster
Theses and Dissertations
The After August Museum collects and exhibits an open, user-generated body of content. Its primary objective is to help heal the post-Katrina Lower Ninth Ward community. It is respectful and considerate of the area's established traditions, present concerns, and future goals. The museum assumes multiple shapes and plays multiple roles as it acts as the center of the transitioning community.
Making Time, Christine Coffey
Making Time, Christine Coffey
Theses and Dissertations
We are living in an age where the quantity of information has exceeded its quality. No doubt the digital and information revolutions have provided the world with countless positive improvements, but they have also increased the speed at which we live and work to the detriment of the heath of our world. This project explores ways in which designers can aid in an effort to slow down in order to reinvigorate a more sustainable graphic design product.
Typography As Performance: Bringing The Stage Into The Design Process, Ann Ford
Typography As Performance: Bringing The Stage Into The Design Process, Ann Ford
Theses and Dissertations
Graphic design is historically a visual language consisting of text and image composed for the purposes of sending messages in print format. The voice of graphic design is typography—structuring and arranging letter forms into visual language. Over the past two decades, new communication formats such as motion and interaction have frequently been related to performance. My intention, however, is to explore how performance can influence typography in two and three dimensions, and even in digital environments.
Fundamentals In Nature, Andrea Quam
Fundamentals In Nature, Andrea Quam
Theses and Dissertations
This project explores innovative methodologies for design education. It is an investigation of teaching design fundamentals in an outdoor classroom.
Voice By Design: Experiments In Redistributing Media, Bizhan Khodabandeh
Voice By Design: Experiments In Redistributing Media, Bizhan Khodabandeh
Theses and Dissertations
In this project I conduct two experiments in redistributing media power and reflect upon how successful they were. The experiments include a poster campaign specific to Richmond and a project dealing with educating people about guerrilla media techniques.
Argent Sound Recordings: Multimodal Storytelling, Matthew L. Klimas
Argent Sound Recordings: Multimodal Storytelling, Matthew L. Klimas
Theses and Dissertations
ARGENT SOUND RECORDINGS explores the integration of visual, written and sonic elements to tell a story. "The Silver Bell," a fairy tale, is delivered through the internet providing users an opportunity to experience and interpret a constructed narrative under the guise of an independent record label website.