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Archive for the 'visual media' Category

  • Visual Media Storytellers (Monday, July 30th, 2007)
  • What We Lose By Seeing (Wednesday, January 24th, 2007)


    • Visual Media Storytellers

     Monday, July 30th, 2007

    Designers have an obligation to the cultures they serve and create. The symbols that we portray are affected not only by the connotations the viewer already had about them, but also by the context in which those symbols are presented. How do we take throw-away symbols and make them into cultural stories?

    Posted in design ethics, narrative, visual media | No Comments »

    What We Lose By Seeing

     Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

    The heart of storytelling used to lie with imagination. But today, we see so much that our imagination is not touched in the same way, removing our personal interpretation and a sense of intimacy from many of our shared experiences.

    Posted in narrative, general design, visual media | 1 Comment »

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