#index1.3

Kaitlin, final digital publication,  index 1.3

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The idea behind this project is to briefly document issues of gender and visibility in type design through a printed publication and digital web plugin. The print publication aims to record a specific instance of under-representation in the design and production of typefaces.

The digital publication explores an expanded meaning of representation, using the idea of (in)visibility under the new Trump administration. The digital publication extrapolates Trump’s current “view of how the world should be viewed” to a future web-world where no one using the internet in America can see things otherwise.

Mo Zhou, final digital publication, index 1.3

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My print publication was a guidebook on how to use Gestalt Theory to appreciate artwork in a graphic way based on personal experiences. The digital republication is designed to show the progress by using another basic but more critical theory which explains the whole objective world in a geometric way: the Point-Line-Surface Theory. It is mainly used on the framework of a website not only to navigate how Gestalt Theory works but it also offers a browsing experience from micro to macro.

Zheyuan Zhang, final digital publication, index 1.3

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Many design and art works do have some kind of internal or external relationship but not all of these connections are easily seen. However, sometimes maybe two or three “lines” can happen to draw two irrelevant works together. Based on this thought, I created a website called The Index, a platform to connect design works with one another. Here is how it works: After signing up, users can upload a variety of works, whatever they like, and add hash tags with the characteristics they consider the works to have. Different works which were uploaded by different users can be connected by lines if they share the same hash tags. So the more users add, the more connections one would be able to see.

YiFan, final digital publication, index 1.3

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For me, design is a poetic connection to myself, my everyday life, the world and other people’s mind. Design makes me understand the thoughts flowing inside my head, makes me think about my daily actions in life; it also leads me into a bigger context, teaches me a way to understand others, to embrace diversity in the world of beauty. Based on that and the individuals (designers, artists, film directors, photographers, etc.) that inspires me with their way to explore, my screen publication contains the most appropriate content to show on screen (images, videos, conversations), and uses the keyboard pressing to show the ambiguous, invisible, uncontrolled but still logical connection between people and design. In that way, people can enter either one of the four sections on my website (body, life, world, mind) with one press (because the mind is more of a flowing stream than a stack of layers). The connection between web pages is simple and can easily switch from one section to the other like our mind works.

Starting with the instruction on the first page on how to use keyboard to navigate through pages, and also an alternative way to click on the keyboard or using microphone to navigate, the content has four sections

Body

This section includes images and videos made or selected by me that present different body parts and its correspinding movements to show foundamental capabilities, emotions, gestures etc.

Life

This section includes images and videos present life senarios including everyday objects designed by designers.

World

This section indludes found videos/images (e.g. documentary clips,) showing how human social/political activities mirrors/impacts on nature.

Mind

Xinyu Li, final digital publication, index 1.3

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The website will be used for people who want to explore and get some specific data.

I inspired by my own experience when I use some design website (also by my physical book). I found that when I saw some excellent work, I would like to know the designer use what fonts or color and some specific details. But you can’t get the accurately data if you just use eyes to observe.

My website divided into different parts, such as typeface, color, designer, area, composing, timeline and so on. You can also upload work to know some special information and log in your own account to collect some production. Each category has different function.

In the typeface catalog, when your mouse touch the text, it can show the information of this font. It can also provide some others work which are use this font, you see those example to know how to use this font. In the color catalog, when you mouse touch the project, it can show how many color it used, when you click this project, you can see the list of color (include CMYK and RGB data), it also shows some example which are also use those color. The timeline catalog shows the audience a time line of graphic design production, you can see trend skill and method in different years. The area catalog shows the different area’s production. In addition, those example has their link, you can enter in to the link’s website to see those works in details.