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Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 6, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

This issue includes a summary report on the DRS OGM one-day event with the RCA Society in London, UK, on Saturday 20th March 2004. Appended to this QCR is the new DRS Council elected at the OGM.

Contents

International Reports

Australia (West), Terence Love
Canada, Arlene Oak
Finland, Antti Ainamo
Greece, Artemis Yagou
Thailand, Michael Mealyer

DRS New Council
DDR4 Report, Alec Robertson

History Of Research On African Factory-Printed Cloth And Current Approaches In The Field, Michelle Willard

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

This paper examines the significance of factory-printed cloth in Africa and its potential to communicate various messages through its use as clothing. Factory-printed cloth also has unintended communicative value when it is displayed outside Africa in museum contexts. I will introduce the topic with a brief history of research carried out on African factory-printed cloth and its appearance in museum and gallery exhibitions. This has led to contemporary forms of art historical and anthropological research. Some of the latter, including my own, has involved field collecting of commemorative cloths in West Africa. My research resulted in a museum exhibition of …

Fauxtopia, Raymond William Kampf

Theses and Dissertations

To all who come to this fictitious place:Welcome.Fauxtopia is your land. Here, age relives distorted memories of the past, and here, youth may savor the challenge of trying to understand the present. Fauxtopia is made up of the ideals, the dreams and the fuzzy facts which have re-created reality... with the hope that it will be a source of edutainment for all the world.Ray KampfFauxtopia DedicationApril 1st, 2004

Soul Hunting, Guido Esteban Alvarez

Theses and Dissertations

According to the Webster's unabridged dictionary, a mania is an excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze. I experience a mania on a daily basis: I take photographs. I trap photographs inside flat, airless fish tanks where time stands still. The creatures captured inside the tanks resurrect every time I see them to remind me of a sound, an odor, a flavor, and, ultimately, a feeling I once experienced and now cherish. This project will attempt to show the energy captured in my photographic archives as a journey through my memories using an experimental interactive method.

Sheep Hill Community Tree, Kimberly Ann Fleischman

Theses and Dissertations

An urban community is a fusion of new and old that is constantly changing. We understand better the plight of a community through raising awareness of its unique history and visual character. Linking individual and community experiences offers an opportunity for dialogue, especially as long-time residents and their new neighbors learn about their different pasts and explore their common future. Community building happens from within, when many individuals sharing common values create positive change.

A Sense Of Place., Neli Ilieva Ouzounova

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Concerned with anxiety and displacement, the artist explores a sense of place within the self. Personal experiences are presented as an accumulation of fragmented symbols, textures and pattern. Symbolic imagery is being created, influenced by a devaluation of established norms and a reorganization of cultural identity. The individualÆs interaction and experience with the surrounding world affirms his idiosyncratic symbolism. The artwork is a visual language that through the use of disparate segments sets up the portrayal of the fragmented self and psychological journeys of the artist.

Individuals establish themselves in many ways, including gestures as part of expression. This expression …

Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 5, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

This issue includes a report from a new Council member - Michael Mealyer for Thailand. Details of the joint one-day event of the DRS and RCA Society in London on Saturday 20th March 2004 are provided, and ‘participant’ forms are appended.

Contents

International Reports

• Australia (West), Terence Love
• Canada, Arlene Oak
• Finland, Antti Ainamo
• Thailand, Alpay Er
• Turkey, Michael Mealyer
• USA, Christopher Nemeth
• DDR4 and Participant Form

Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 3, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

The editor's note for this issue of the QCR noted, 'Council members have specialised expertise and design research interests. This is to be made available to you, the members, through an occasional page on selected issues. The first such pages are by Seymour Roworth-Stokes (SRS) and Necdet Teymur (NT).'

Contents

International Reports

• Canada, Arlene Oak
• Greece, Artemis Yagou
• USA, Christopher Nemeth

Other Reports

• Elected Council Member (SRS), Seymour Roworth-Stokes
• Elected Council Member (NT), Nej Teymur
• Publications Officer, Alec Robertson

Pottery Of The Ecuadorian Amazon, Joe Molinaro

Art and Design Faculty and Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 2, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

This is the second issue of the DRS QCR. The announcement of the Design Studies Award is made in this March Issue by Professor Nigel Cross

Contents

International Reports

• Australia (East), Terence Love
• Canada, Arlene Oak
• Finland, Antti Ainamo
• The Netherlands, John L. Heintz
• USA, Christopher Nemeth

Other Reports

• Editor : Design Studies, Nigel Cross
• Publications Officer, Alec Robertson

Enterprise Ireland: Stimulating Creativity Through Design Strategies, Peter Dee

Other resources

Stimulating Creativity through Design Strategies: A seminar organised by Enterprise Ireland for business organisations to explore a holistic approach to the design / marketing interface.

Peter Dee - Strategic Design and Marketing Consultant, specialises in the creation of brand development strategies for Enterprise Ireland’s Design Unit. Peter was responsible for the design and development of the brand identity for the Enterprise Ireland Stimulating Creativity through Design Strategies Seminar in Dublin.

Design is an excellent expression of innovation. It can provide product differentiation, gain and hold onto competitive market advantage and assist in the building of strong brands through creative packaging …

Signs Toward Change: Responding To How Print Advertisements Portray Women And Invent Reality, Kristin Hare

Whittier Scholars Program

This senior project is an art creation of 30 signs that address how the print media portrays women and imbues unrealistic and potentially harmful messages into their advertisements. This study discusses how advertisements contain information that is not obvious from a quick glance, but due to the numerous ads that people digest every day, this information becomes subconsciously absorbed and affects all aspects of one’s life. This study highlights how every aspect of what advertisements convey, intentional or not, matters a great deal and has a huge impact on people’s lives. This project also includes Senior Symposium notes, the aforementioned …

The Generation Of Forms And Thai Typeface Design, Pornprapha Phatanateacha

Theses and Dissertations

Changes in culture, design, fashion and lifestyle are very common for a developing country such as Thailand. Losing the identity and significant quality of Thai culture is the biggest concern in this rapid movement in Thai society. The biggest challenge is to preserve the existing culture within the development in the society. These problems within the rapid change not only affect Thai lifestyle and fashion but also Thai graphic design. There is a trend in poster design, advertising, and packaging to follow Western design. That influence suggests that Thai design follow a Western model in order to be as successful. …

Risd Views | Fall 2002, 125 Years Of Looking…, Elizabeth O'Neil Publishing Director, Liisa Silander Editor, Fleet Library, Risd Archives

RISD Views

This issue complements other initiatives planned and/or sponsored by RISD’s 125th Anniversary Committee, including a historic timeline outlining the evolution of the college and special events planned throughout the year.

The photograph on the cover of the Fall 2002 issue is the Carr House turret, shot by David O’Connor. Guest designers for the feature section of this issue are Marion Delhees ’92 GD and Achim Wieland MFA ’95 GD of lookinglately, New York/Zürich, a visual communication and design office founded in 1998.

Intelligent Shape Sorting, Esther Dudley

Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student

It is a familiar scene. Each September brings its new crop of would-be graphic designers, diverse in their experiences and ambitions, brought together in the lecture theatre by an appointment on their induction calendar; indicating an introduction to design research. It is my task to explain the pattern that this study will take in the opening modules. In this first year of study design research will take place on Wednesdays, regardless of studio projects It will constitute a certain number of lectures and tutorials, concluding with a specified brief which represents the first phase of assessment. As the routine unfolds …

Contributors

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Contributing Authors

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Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

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Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 1, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

This was the first issue of the QCR - an initiative of the Design Research Society Council with the aim of providing a regular overview of Council member views and activity to the DRS members.

Contents

International Reports

• Australia (East), Vesna Popovic
• Australia (West), Terence Love
• Greece, Artemis Yagou
• The Netherlands, John L. Heintz
• Turkey, H. Alpay Er
• USA, Christopher Nemeth

Officers' Reports
• Honorary Secretary, Rachael Luck
• Publications Officer, Alec Robertson

Allusion, Illusion And The Beginning Design Student, Albert C. Smith, Kendra Schank Smith

Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student

This paper explores aspects of media that concern illusion and allusion. It will present some examples of beginning design student projects to question and elucidate both the inherent differences of these potentially dichotomous terms and how they might lead us in a more concordant direction for teaching beginning design and visual communications in architecture. In recent history, we have seen examples of drawings such as those published by Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind that have had an inclination to place archrtecture into a greater state of allusion. These drawings are exciting and provoke the thoughtful references to the poss ibi …

Moments In Time, Maria Elena Macias

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Moments in Time is an exhibition to fulfill the requirements for the Master's degree of Fine Arts. My Exhibition Paper contains my artist's statement, where I express my interest in working with both two and three-dimensional art. I also provide the following information: I will describe some of my artwork and the motivation behind my work; important mentors who have nourished my artistic vocation; major artists whose influence reflects in my work; elaboration on my philosophy of art based on my experience; some artists and philosophers who have helped me to achieve a better understanding of art. One of my …

Virtual Environments And The Internet, Wendy Angel

SWITCH

"Virtual Environment and The Internet", is a firsthand report of when the author attended the Web 3D/VRML, The Fifth International Conference on Virtual Reality Modeling Language & 3D Web Technologies. It was hosted by the Web3D Consortium and held February 21-24, 2000, at the Hyatt Monterey in Monterey, California. During this conference, she met and spoke with several of its artists, exhibitors, curators, and attendees and discussed their ideas and perspectives of the event and VRML, including Professor Kathy Rae Huffman, Melentie Pandilovski, and Nicole Stenger. Huffman, who studies Electronic Media Arts and Communication, greeted the author and explained virtual …

Legibility: How Precedents Established In Print Impact On-Screen And Dynamic Typography, Heidi Specht

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The printed word has been commonplace in society for over 500 years; the written word has been in existence for thousands. The primary intent of the written or printed word has historically been to be read. With that goal, rules and formats have developed over the centuries as aids to legibility. Naturally, these guidelines have been developed for the printed, or static typographic page. As our sophistication with and acceptance of technology grows, however, we increasingly turn to the computer or television screen for written information. Additionally, graphic designers and artists are questioning the role of the printed word as …

Mixed Media November 29, 1999, #1, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. This November 29, 1999 issue is the first in a two-part special on the new millenium. It includes articles on Mixed Media updates, bicycle theft, former RISD newspaper contributor "the Mystic Mexican," new albums by Nine Inch Nails and Fiona Apple, musician Warn Defever, peeping Toms, and a letter from the Landscape Architecture department to the RISD Administration, along with the comics "Y2K: Timeline," comcis by Mark Hoffman, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media November 16, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 16, 1999 issue includes articles on a student getting arrested at the Artist's Ball, world news, a student involved in silkscreening, how cops act in different countries, artist ball highlights, RISD Battle of the Bands, Australian national referendum to retain monarchy, along with the comics "Cartoon" by Mike Overbeck, "A Man Eating His Nose" cartoon by Mike Overbeck, "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, "Misty the Elefriend" by Kleczil Helphictimus, and "Ben" by Frenzer, the paper doll series, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media October 15, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 15, 1999 issue includes articles on police-student relations, the Mt. Hope Learning Center, wrestling, the movie American Beauty, interview with people from the NBC daytime drama "Passions", along with the comic "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, "Ben" by Frenzer, "One Dark Night" by Tim Finn, paper doll series, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media September 15, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 15, 1999 issue includes articles on student protests, the art exhibit "Sensation" in Art Exhibit in Brooklyn and how it relates to protests and activism, memorial pages for lost students in the past five months, along with the comics "Ben" by Frenzer, "Foamy" by T. Tumbleby, "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, illustrations by Brie, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media April 22, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The April 22, 1999 issue includes articles on NATO's recent actions, the Kosovo War, the planned cancellation of the scriptwriting workshop, and man's evolution, along with the comics "Ben" by Frenzer, 3x4 by Evan Larson, "Die" by Paul, game "Name that Affliction" by Cristina Spiridakis, event notices, and other announcements. The issue also includes a paper doll series featuring RISD President Roger Mandle.

Mixed Media March 31, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The March 31, 1999 issue includes articles on a physical conflict between a FAV student and RISD public safety, survivor stories of a recent Amtrak accident, review albums by Braid and Quasi, interesting facts about the RISD academic calendar, along with the comics "Die." by Paul, "Whites to Blacks: How're We Doin'?" by Ruben Bolling, Illustrations by Brie, "Ben" by Frenzer, "Pigboy and the Pope" by Tito Hoffman a small interview section about the senior painting debacle, announcement of the Queer Arts Fest, event notices, and other announcements.

Design Research: The Newsletter Of The Design Research Society No.63, Stephen Little

Design Research Newsletters (1966-1999)

No abstract provided.

Proceedings Of The 1st Conference On Doctoral Education In Design (1998), Richard Buchanan, Dennis P Doordan, Lorraine Justice, Victor Margolin

DRS Conference Volumes

The 1st Doctoral Education in Design Conference brought people from diverse institutions and situations together to discuss a common concern: doctoral education in design. Participants from nineteen countries assembled on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus,Ohio for a conference sponsored by The Ohio State University Department of Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design, the Carnegie Mellon University School of Design, and academic journal Design Issues. Speakers described educational efforts shaped by diverse motivations, resources, histories, and student constituencies.

Design Research: The Newsletter Of The Design Research Society No.62, Stephen Little

Design Research Newsletters (1966-1999)

No abstract provided.