Illuminating Emotional States Through Portraiture,
2013
Macalester College
Illuminating Emotional States Through Portraiture, Taylor Champoux
Art and Art History Honors Projects
No abstract provided.
Dreaming,
2013
Nova Southeastern University
Still Life,
2013
Nova Southeastern University
Still Life, Natalie Hernadez
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Untitled,
2013
Nova Southeastern University
Untitled, Alexandra Hernandez
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Dai Food,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Dai Food, Colette Fu, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume, pop up book. A single opening pop-up book showing a woman surrounded by Dai dishes. Made from Fu's photographs.Title from artist's website. From the We are Tiger Dragon People series. "In Xishuangbanna, the Dai people refer to their land as 'bazi' meaning tranquil and beautiful. Their homes are in a lush subtropical area near river basins with exceptionally fertile soil. One of the least-known but most flavorful culinary treasures in China, their food is similar to Thai food in that it combines sour, spicy, salty and sweet flavors but with its own distinctive style." --www.colettefu.com. Ink: Epson Ultrachrome …
Re:Creation,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Re:Creation, Heather Boone
Theses and Dissertations
This intent of this project is to explore the importance of handmade objects in the age of information.
Experience As An Experiment,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Experience As An Experiment, James Walker
Theses and Dissertations
My work is an exploration of new media that demonstrates the influence a community has on visual communication. The community reveals content as objects go unnoticed after they become a permanent part of the landscape and assumptions are made from cultural archetypes. Through exploration, immersion, and reflection, I am able to recognize the invisible and expected, establish a familiarity with a community, and design responses that communicate directly to it.
Autonomous Systems,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Autonomous Systems, Karolis Kosas
Theses and Dissertations
The ubiquity of digital media provides an unprecedented possibility to redefine the process and methods of design. Through experience from a series of creative projects, I investigate how certain aspects of the web allow for design to attain a degree of autonomy, thus producing results that go beyond anticipation and expertise of the author. Utilizing an unlimited capacity to store the content and retrieve immediate feedback, the designer’s role can be shifted to that of an initiator defining rules and boundaries, from which the process can evolve independently based on the input of users and data. The design output in …
Arabic Typography Play,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Arabic Typography Play, Sarah Alfalah
Theses and Dissertations
I believe that spoken and written languages are verbal and visual expressions of cultures. Language is used to convey and sustain values and the belief system of people. Arabic is a language of complexity and formal beauty that is being disregarded and pushed away by its own native speakers. It is losing its value in the Arab world. In other words it is dying. Both the written and spoken language is being affected. As the world is interchanging, integrating, and becoming closer, there has been a strong impact on many societies, threatening their original culture. Arab cultures are abandoning the …
From Below,
2013
Macalester College
Book Of Trees : Both Native And Introduced,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Book Of Trees : Both Native And Introduced, Paula Mccartney, Andy Sturdevant, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portraits "Digital press printed by Conveyor Arts, with letterpress printed cover and rounded corners"--Paulamccartney.com. Cover title. Limited edition of 250. Endpaper sheet in wood-grain pattern. Stapled.
Blue Book,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Blue Book, Daniel Cole
Theses and Dissertations
Alain De Botton writes in The Architecture of Happiness, that “any object of design will give off an impression of the psychological and moral attitudes it supports.” Interpreting design then is done by understanding the attitudes of the designer, which either will or will not resonate with the viewer. I may consider the formal and conceptual merits of an object of design, but ultimately my attitudes determine whether the object will have resonance with me. These “attitudes” are, anthropologically speaking, values: what a person finds most good, proper, or desirable in life. Values are the key to the creation of …
Transforming Narratives,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Transforming Narratives, Lucia Weilein
Theses and Dissertations
Narrative, often considered synonymous with “story,” can be viewed from a structuralist perspective and analyzed independent of any particular content. Breaking narrative into categories of story and discourse, this autonomous structure makes possible a translation of content from one form to another. The various media and form types common in graphic design can serve as both recipient and translator of narratives, converting content into a framework that includes the concept of craftsmanship, aesthetic components and specifications, legibility and composition, and the physical form of the designed object. To examine how this framework functions in practice, I have developed a series …
Wanderings,
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wanderings, Jetter Jorge Silva
Theses and Dissertations
While it implies aimless movement, the act of wandering is an act of discovery and can become a search for the unexpected. Wandering, as a metaphor for making, creates opportunities to work in ways where the final outcome is unknown. This can be accomplished by the creation of methods and instructions designed for wandering-the act of discovery. In the field of design, these ideas can be incorporated as methods for making that guide the design process in ultimately unknowable ways, resulting in products that bear little trace of preconception. The role of chance and indeterminacy as methods for relinquishing control …
Incessant White Noise,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Incessant White Noise, Karen S. Kunc, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume. Cover title. Trade edition of 30. Throw out accordion fold book. Irregular accordion fold bound into folio of covered boards with etching and mixed media decorative papers.
Boundless,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Boundless, David Stairs, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume. "A humorously titled small book whose 360 degree spiral binding makes its contents impossible to view." --Printed Matter website (viewed Jan. 22, 2020).
Artist's Book Ideation Cards,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Artist's Book Ideation Cards, Barbara Tetenbaum, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
108 cards : color illustrations. "Barb Tetenbaum developed the original set of artist's book ideation cards for use in her teaching practice. This version was further developed and designed in collaboration with Julie Chen"--Colophon card. Two decks of offset printed playing cards enclosed in an acrylic box. "The Artist's Book Ideation Cards deck was designed as an aid to the book artist, to jump start a new project or inform one in progress. There are two decks in the set: Category Cards containing approximately eight cards in each of the seven categories (text, image, structure, paper, layout, technique and color) …
Auto Record : Green Kill,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Auto Record : Green Kill, Tyler Starr, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
20 unnumbered pages : illustrations. Title from cover. Inside covers included in pagination. Offset printed. Commercial accordion fold binding. "Edition of 800"--23 Sandy Gallery website. "'Auto Record' is an attempt to digest thousands of pages of declassed documents crated by the FBI in relation to the controversial incident in North Carolina on November 3rd, 1979, commonly known as the Greensboro Massacre. The accordion book format is used to visualize two processions of vehicles involved in the incident (one side of the booklet is the KKK and associates caravan, while the other depicts vehicles connected to the Communist Workers Party's anti-klan …
Stories From Women Who Served,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Stories From Women Who Served, Pam Deluco, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[44] pages : color illustrations. Limited edition of 251 copies. Text pages: handset metal type printed letterpress on 100% PCW paper. Illustrations: screen printed and hand detailed on paper made from military uniforms. Covers: letterpress and silkscreen on paper made from military uniforms. Binding: solid brass Chicago screws. "Paper Dolls: stories from women who served, is a fully functioning paper doll book. Each letterpress printed story is followed by a screen printed illustration onto paper made from the uniform referenced in the story. The stories span more than 40 years of service and include all branches of the military. Together, …
Chinese Windows,
2013
Rhode Island School of Design
Chinese Windows, Clara Hee Ju Nam, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
16 unnumbered pages : all black and white illustrations. Cover title, publication information from back cover. Student work completed for Jan Baker's Form and Communication RISD course. No date, or edition statement. Accordion fold. Black & white printing. Gift of Jan Baker.
