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ABSTRACT Typography' as a defining term has become interchangcable with 'graphic ... more ABSTRACT Typography' as a defining term has become interchangcable with 'graphic design'. and while font choice and application is seen as of paramount importance. image choice, virtually half , . of the communication design equation, is neglected in the theory and in pratice is left to the instinct of the designer. In this thesis I try to find approaches for graphic designers to understand image to the degree that they understand type. These approaches are tested through assignments for graphic design students and the results recorded and analysed. I seek to address the paradox that we are able to communicate more accurately through less accurately rendered images. I will explain how the human visual system. evolved over time by looking only upon the natural world in all its reality. can look upon a stick-figure and make an emotional and intellectual connection. I examine the design implications of this strange faculty of the visual system. Gombrich. Arnheim and others have explored realism in, and applied psychology to, art in order to become better art historians. I explore the implications in the more pragmatic. economically imperative field of design of moving away from realism in the visual aspects of communication.
... ECU Publications. Title. A Social Application of Infographics. ...
Our proposal seeks to bridge the gap between art and design through a collaboration between colle... more Our proposal seeks to bridge the gap between art and design through a collaboration between colleagues in visual arts and graphic design. This comprises research from cognitive and sociological backgrounds. Specifically, we are involved in constructing an on-line/off-line magazine built entirely from information graphics. Our research examines the potential for visuality to reconfigure news information. We are exploring if this approach has the potential to generate its own particular aesthetic range to bridge art and design.
Scott has used a 'realism continuum' to classify comics characters between the points of realism ... more Scott has used a 'realism continuum' to classify comics characters between the points of realism and iconic abstraction. Before him, other theorists have used this continuum as a means to judge the communicative and instructional potential of pictures as they become more distant from the realistic.
ABSTRACT Typography' as a defining term has become interchangcable with 'graphic ... more ABSTRACT Typography' as a defining term has become interchangcable with 'graphic design'. and while font choice and application is seen as of paramount importance. image choice, virtually half , . of the communication design equation, is neglected in the theory and in pratice is left to the instinct of the designer. In this thesis I try to find approaches for graphic designers to understand image to the degree that they understand type. These approaches are tested through assignments for graphic design students and the results recorded and analysed. I seek to address the paradox that we are able to communicate more accurately through less accurately rendered images. I will explain how the human visual system. evolved over time by looking only upon the natural world in all its reality. can look upon a stick-figure and make an emotional and intellectual connection. I examine the design implications of this strange faculty of the visual system. Gombrich. Arnheim and others have explored realism in, and applied psychology to, art in order to become better art historians. I explore the implications in the more pragmatic. economically imperative field of design of moving away from realism in the visual aspects of communication.
... ECU Publications. Title. A Social Application of Infographics. ...
Our proposal seeks to bridge the gap between art and design through a collaboration between colle... more Our proposal seeks to bridge the gap between art and design through a collaboration between colleagues in visual arts and graphic design. This comprises research from cognitive and sociological backgrounds. Specifically, we are involved in constructing an on-line/off-line magazine built entirely from information graphics. Our research examines the potential for visuality to reconfigure news information. We are exploring if this approach has the potential to generate its own particular aesthetic range to bridge art and design.
Scott has used a 'realism continuum' to classify comics characters between the points of realism ... more Scott has used a 'realism continuum' to classify comics characters between the points of realism and iconic abstraction. Before him, other theorists have used this continuum as a means to judge the communicative and instructional potential of pictures as they become more distant from the realistic.