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Repeated Impressions, Shasta Krueger May 2015

Repeated Impressions, Shasta Krueger

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

MFA Shasta Krueger Creative Project


Cumulus Accumulate, Suzanne Marie Fluty May 2015

Cumulus Accumulate, Suzanne Marie Fluty

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Suzanne Fluty MFA Creative Project


The Effect Of Medium On Perceived Authenticity In Graphic Design, Micah Joseph Bauer May 2015

The Effect Of Medium On Perceived Authenticity In Graphic Design, Micah Joseph Bauer

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Micah Bauer MFA Creative Project


Image Object - New Works In Stone And Wood, Audrey Shakespear May 2015

Image Object - New Works In Stone And Wood, Audrey Shakespear

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Audrey Shakespear MFA Creative Project


Shameless, Madison Marilyn Becker May 2015

Shameless, Madison Marilyn Becker

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Madison Becker MFA Creative Project


Irradicable, Katharina Erika Marchant May 2015

Irradicable, Katharina Erika Marchant

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Katherina Marchant MFA Creative Project


I Know You Are But What Am I?, David Kern Cahoon May 2015

I Know You Are But What Am I?, David Kern Cahoon

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

David Cahoon MFA Creative Project


How Combining Constructivism And Open Source Code Can Open New Realms For Interactive Sculpture, Janell Angela Amely May 2015

How Combining Constructivism And Open Source Code Can Open New Realms For Interactive Sculpture, Janell Angela Amely

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

This paper establishes a philosophical link between Constructivism, open source code practices, and interactive artworks. Although the traditional way to teach art can be considered highly constructivist in nature, there are very few published papers that provide a direct link. My motivation for writing this paper is to provide that direct link, as well as to point out how open source code practices can be though of with a constructivist viewpoint by artists. I first describe and define Constructivism, open source code, and interactive sculpture. Then using constructivist terms and ideas I describe the design and programming with open source …


Common Threads: An Examination Of Common Threads Of Design Value, Woven Together By Designers To Achieve Elevated Products Across Disciplines, Laura Taylor May 2015

Common Threads: An Examination Of Common Threads Of Design Value, Woven Together By Designers To Achieve Elevated Products Across Disciplines, Laura Taylor

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Though what defines good design is subject to personal opinion, some objectivity of good design in existing products is mutually and consistently recognized by design professionals, the business sector, and the consumer public. Despite the complexity of defining good design, there clearly exist measurable, objective, common threads of design value which create elevated designs, across disciplines, which are identifiable and accepted by those within and beyond design professions.

By first examining over 100 contemporary product designs and identifying measurable, objective commonalities which elevate them, this thesis then individually examines and outlines ten categories of common design values. Once these design …