I write this description of my thesis, Mk. INFINITY, a year after graduation (RISD GD 2015)
because with the passing of time, intentions and actions, become all the more clearer.
During my thesis year, I explored the emotional weight graphic forms hold in our society,
both collectively and individually: perusing forms that we both interact with daily and
those that are bound by nostalgic memory. My thesis uncovered not only what I find
visually intriguing in the world, but also how those forms are abstractions of complex,
interconnected systems. Phantasmagorical and deep in wonder, my thesis envisions new
societies/futures through the manifestation of speculative graphics — which hint at the
mindset, ideologies, and cultures of Americans in a plausible future.
I've realized that all parts of our society, no matter how grandiose or miniscule, are certainly
bound by a common thread — graphic design both sustains and proliferates the visual
abstraction that we utilize to interface with these complex, intertwined systems.
because with the passing of time, intentions and actions, become all the more clearer.
During my thesis year, I explored the emotional weight graphic forms hold in our society,
both collectively and individually: perusing forms that we both interact with daily and
those that are bound by nostalgic memory. My thesis uncovered not only what I find
visually intriguing in the world, but also how those forms are abstractions of complex,
interconnected systems. Phantasmagorical and deep in wonder, my thesis envisions new
societies/futures through the manifestation of speculative graphics — which hint at the
mindset, ideologies, and cultures of Americans in a plausible future.
I've realized that all parts of our society, no matter how grandiose or miniscule, are certainly
bound by a common thread — graphic design both sustains and proliferates the visual
abstraction that we utilize to interface with these complex, intertwined systems.
The thesis book is an amalgam of 3 books: the main document (which holds the thesis)
and then 2 smaller appendages (which respectively hold the interviews and a long-form
monologue). Red, dotted guidelines indicate cut lines in which the three books can be
separated into three individual bindings.
and then 2 smaller appendages (which respectively hold the interviews and a long-form
monologue). Red, dotted guidelines indicate cut lines in which the three books can be
separated into three individual bindings.
Interviews conducted with Robin Sloan in which we speculate about the future of writing
and the expansion of flavor-text-inspired literature and worlds; and Hunter Oatman-Stanford
in which we discuss the politics of gay identity through the Internet and popular dating apps
and questioning whether we are truly in command of our own bodies and identities.
and the expansion of flavor-text-inspired literature and worlds; and Hunter Oatman-Stanford
in which we discuss the politics of gay identity through the Internet and popular dating apps
and questioning whether we are truly in command of our own bodies and identities.
A physical copy can be viewed at the RISD Fleet Library in Providence, Rhode Island.
This work has been posted to the RISD Accreditation GD 3-year site.
This work has been posted to the RISD Accreditation GD 3-year site.
