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Graphic Design & Ubiquitous Graphic User Interfaces; The Third Wave Of Computing, Frank Marino May 2001

Graphic Design & Ubiquitous Graphic User Interfaces; The Third Wave Of Computing, Frank Marino

Theses

Graphic design is an integral component of user interface design. Ubiquitous computing is the a form of computing that is "everywhere all the time" through technology advances in hardware, software, and communication networks. Consumers are able to retrieve and send information whenever a task needs to be completed. Graphic design is part of the visual mechanism through which people interact with devices. The visual interactive components of these devices are the part of computing systems that are addressed in this project. This thesis addresses the problems that arise when people need to interact with several devices at a given time. …


Visual Syntax And Intelligence, Tanya Harding May 2001

Visual Syntax And Intelligence, Tanya Harding

Theses

This thesis project is concerned with the role that graphic designers have in making learning materials more effective. It is focused on the need for instructional materials to reflect current advances in cognitive psychology and our society's definition of intelligence. Most instructional materials today are outdated and ineffective. Some reasons are political, others are socio-economic, and some fall within the scope of the designed environment. Learning materials, especially textbooks, designed before the 1980's have been designed without standards, and at a time when intelligence was seen as a narrow list of abilities.


The Impact Of Visual Syntax On Reading Comprehension, Rebecca Biddle May 2001

The Impact Of Visual Syntax On Reading Comprehension, Rebecca Biddle

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None provided.


The Practice Of Graphic Design And Architectural Theory: A Study Of Two Disciplines, Tara Mcvean May 2001

The Practice Of Graphic Design And Architectural Theory: A Study Of Two Disciplines, Tara Mcvean

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None provided.


R.I.T. News & Events - April 19 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology Apr 2001

R.I.T. News & Events - April 19 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

No abstract provided.


R.I.T. News & Events - March 22 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology Mar 2001

R.I.T. News & Events - March 22 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

No abstract provided.


R.I.T. News & Events - March 9 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology Mar 2001

R.I.T. News & Events - March 9 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

No abstract provided.


Graphic Design In The Urban Transportation Environment, Ozlem Yildirim-Dessauer Mar 2001

Graphic Design In The Urban Transportation Environment, Ozlem Yildirim-Dessauer

Theses

This thesis focuses on various design problems facing graphic designers who design visual messages for urban transportation environments, specifically bus and subway systems. The urban transit environment poses a unique challenge for designers because it is multidimensional, and the audience is in constant motion. As David Bernstein describes the transit environment: "It's up, down, all around, in the sky, underground..." (Bernstein, 1997, p. 9). Added to this unique challenge of capturing the audience's fleeting attention span, designers also face problems of space limitations, poor lighting, chaotic placement of posters, and lack of a cohesive visual plan for a transit venue. …


R.I.T. News & Events - February 9 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology Feb 2001

R.I.T. News & Events - February 9 2001, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

No abstract provided.


Internet Conferencing Tools For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Users, Lee Kowalsky Jan 2001

Internet Conferencing Tools For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Users, Lee Kowalsky

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This research study investigates Internet chat visual tools in communications used by Deaf and hard of hearing users and how the users interact with the chat tools expressing their visual language to convey the best message they can in general. A number of Internet chat tools consisting of visual emoticons have been established and implemented for online communications. These tools are generalized for public use. In this study, the research includes the current IM model, along with my recent studies, which use Deaf/hard of hearing for this project. An analysis of the results and prototype of this study on Internet …


The Greatest Designers In American Graphic Design History, Eunsook An Jun 2000

The Greatest Designers In American Graphic Design History, Eunsook An

Theses

Today, we are surrounded by web media. With new technologies, web design has been advancing day by day. The web industry continues to expand in its commercial use. As a result, designing web graphics is an essential part of graphic design. As a computer graphics designer, it is natural to study web design to develop good design skills. For my thesis, I wanted to research good design solutions for web graphics and make a prototype from the results. From the research, I wanted to learn the differences and similarities between printed media and digital media in graphic design using the …


Concepts Of Science Fiction In Graphic Design: Concepts Of Science Fiction Applied To Graphic Design Problem Solving, Nawarat Teeraprasert May 2000

Concepts Of Science Fiction In Graphic Design: Concepts Of Science Fiction Applied To Graphic Design Problem Solving, Nawarat Teeraprasert

Theses

This thesis examines how the futuristic ideas in science fiction literature can be applied to graphic design. The paradigm that creates the connection between mind and emotion in science fiction, such as recurring images, pattern, space and time can be described as signifiers, the triggers of imagination, which can also function in graphic design as object orientation. By combining elements and models within science fiction systems with the theory of perception, a new approach to graphic design problem solving will be created.


Typophoto: The Visual Dimensionality, Kitae Kim May 2000

Typophoto: The Visual Dimensionality, Kitae Kim

Theses

This thesis will first document how both typography and photography have merged into a pure form of communication: typophoto. Simultaneously, the study will refine the visual parameters for understanding the concept of typophoto through an examination of the works of a number of designers, design movements and visual theories. The final goal of this thesis study will be to explore a new interpretation of typophoto and to extend its use in the new digital era. In 1925, the designer, painter, photographer and film maker Laszl6 Moholy-Nagy first mentioned the concept or theory of typophoto in Malerei Photographic Film. Typophoto was …


Graphic Design And Ecology, Luzuozi Wang May 2000

Graphic Design And Ecology, Luzuozi Wang

Theses

None provided.


Vernacular Letterforms: An Expression Of Cultural And Social Values, Georgiana Leite May 2000

Vernacular Letterforms: An Expression Of Cultural And Social Values, Georgiana Leite

Theses

This thesis investigates similar problem-solving processes used in the fields of graphic design and engineering, revealing an underlying relationship between the two disciplines. It shows the principles these two disciplines share and how they employ a common creative process. By comparing these two vastly different disciplines, an understanding of the methodology of thought is constructed.


The Process Of Wayfinding, Jinhee Kwon May 2000

The Process Of Wayfinding, Jinhee Kwon

Theses

The author defines wayfinding as the act of finding one's way to a destination: spatial problem-solving comprised of three interdependent processes: decision-making, decision-executing, and information processing. The goal of this thesis is to develop a wayfinding system by designing a system of directional signs. The application is the development of an interior signage system for the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).


Korean Cultural Characteristics And Graphic Design, Jungyun Shin May 2000

Korean Cultural Characteristics And Graphic Design, Jungyun Shin

Theses

None provided.


A Graphic Design Primer Resources For Educators, Sarah Beth Tregay May 2000

A Graphic Design Primer Resources For Educators, Sarah Beth Tregay

Theses

This thesis examines current methods and trends in graphic design education. It focuses on the improvement of graphic design education by helping educators better understand the graphic design discipline, describing important factors in a design education, and the needs of the graphic design student. The focus is on the first year of graphic design study, and includes a sample textbook designed by the thesis author for first-year graphic arts students.


Ntid Focus Spring 2000, Ntid Marketing And Communications Mar 2000

Ntid Focus Spring 2000, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

No abstract provided.


Ntid Focus Spring 2000, Ntid Marketing And Communications Mar 2000

Ntid Focus Spring 2000, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

Bob's Bulletin: Supporting the Arts||The Best of the Best: NTID's Eisenhart Award winners||Alumni Profile: Angela Officer||Owning Achievement: Qualities of successful mainstream deaf RIT students||Elements of a Culture: Visions by Deaf Artists||Profiles in College||Partners in Communication: Interpreters at RIT||Counselors: Guideposts for the college journey||Alumni Profile: David Pierce


Computer Multimedia In The Development Of Interactive Courseware: The Cornell University Soil And Water Management Learning Module, Charissa Sullivan Oct 1999

Computer Multimedia In The Development Of Interactive Courseware: The Cornell University Soil And Water Management Learning Module, Charissa Sullivan

Theses

The thesis project consists of an interactive multimedia computer software program, designed to help teach a course title, college-level semester course in soil and water management (Soil and Water Management, offered at Cornell University, Department of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Sciences course number 321, 4 credithours). The software was authored in Macromedia Director 6.5. Original artwork includes computer graphics some of which are sequenced to create animations that illustrate key concepts of the subject material. Text and photographs and/or illustrations also support the subject material.


Careers For Women In Design, Nitza Nater Arvelo Jul 1999

Careers For Women In Design, Nitza Nater Arvelo

Theses

Careers for Women in Design is an interactive application created in order to help, guide and support women in their search for professional goals towards a career in design or related field. Although this project was especially designed for women, men also can benefit from it.


Self-Portrait: The Integrity And Interdependence Of Objective Information And Subjective Experience In The Representation Of Memory, Katherine Hannigan Jun 1999

Self-Portrait: The Integrity And Interdependence Of Objective Information And Subjective Experience In The Representation Of Memory, Katherine Hannigan

Theses

This thesis is concerned with the subjective experience and the objective quantifiers of life events. It explores the awareness and the representation of the rational and emotional, the quantitative and qualitative, or the objective and subjective aspects of experience in memory. The works in the thesis are self-portraits.


The Goddess Sells: The Impact Of Archetypes In Visual Communications, Martha M. Torres Donovan May 1999

The Goddess Sells: The Impact Of Archetypes In Visual Communications, Martha M. Torres Donovan

Theses

Graphic design is the process of connecting with an audience by creating visual communication that appeals to a audience's intellect and aesthetic sensibility. the use of archetypes as a form of connection is a familiar process. This thesis explores the use of the goddess archetype in visual communications, specifically in advertising.


Cross-Cultural Visual Communication, Chia-Wen Tsao May 1999

Cross-Cultural Visual Communication, Chia-Wen Tsao

Theses

Explores how visual elements, such as ancient symbols and characters, have been used in visual communication across both Chinese and Western cultures. Analyzes existing cross-cultural packaging design examples. Compares packaging from a USA-based food company with a Taiwan-based food company in order to explore whether or not the design decisions communicate with ethnic audiences who are not familiar with these food products.


The Impact Of Graphic Design On The Target Audience: Designing An Effective Social Marketing Campaign, Cynthia Childs May 1999

The Impact Of Graphic Design On The Target Audience: Designing An Effective Social Marketing Campaign, Cynthia Childs

Theses

The goal of this thesis is to determine how to best design visual communications within the context of a social marketing campaign in order to most effectively reach the target audience. This study uses the promotion of breast feeding as content for a social marketing campaign.


Graphic Design And Architecture At Their Intersection, Kathleen Kaminski May 1999

Graphic Design And Architecture At Their Intersection, Kathleen Kaminski

Theses

This thesis will explore the increasingly important role played by graphic design in architecture. Traditionally thought of as a two-dimensional applied art, graphic design has relevant applications in the design of places. This is sometimes known as environmental graphic design. The premise of this investigation is that by extending graphic design into the world of architecture, both disciplines are strengthened. Graphic design in an architectural context benefits from a more long-lasting medium, in material and duration, than its more common forms in print, film or digital media. Architecture, in its turn, gains another way to communicate to an audience, one …


Ntid Focus Spring 1999, Ntid Marketing And Communications Mar 1999

Ntid Focus Spring 1999, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

Bob's Bulletin: Commemorating the Past, Anticipating the Future||History in the Making: The First 30 Years||It Takes A "Learning" Village||Profiles After College||Profiles in College||Together, Fulfilling the Promise for All NTID Students||Spanning the Globe: NTID's Sister Institutions


Masquearray: Automatic Makeup Selector/Applicator, Chujit Jeamsinkul Nov 1998

Masquearray: Automatic Makeup Selector/Applicator, Chujit Jeamsinkul

Theses

Discusses the design of a computer which selects and applies makeup.


Ntid Focus Fall 1998, Ntid Marketing And Communications Sep 1998

Ntid Focus Fall 1998, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

Bob's Bulletin: "Staying the Course" RIM vice president for NTID shares his thoughts.||Reflections of the Elite Eight||The National Advisory Group: Past, Present, and Future||NTID's 30th Anniversary Alumni Reunion 'Then and Now . . . Renewing Our Memories"||Profiles in College Meet six NTID students.||Profiles After College Meet six NTID alumni.||More Than Just Money Financial aid at NTID helps students cope with the cost of college.||A Conversation About the Mission, Goals, and Future of Giving at NTID||Perception and Cognition—The Foundation of Learning