System ID:
5
Title:
Design: interface of contemporary culture
Author:
Adriana de Souza e Silva
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Author 3:
Degree:
Master of Arts (MA)
Year:
1999
Pages:
182
University:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Supervisor:
Katia Valeria Maciel Toledo
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Language:
Portuguese
Dept:
Communication and Image Technology
Copyright:
Adriana de Souza e Silva
Lang_author:
Portuguese, English, German, French, Spanish
Url:
http://www.souzaesilva.com/research/research.html
Email:
silvaad@ucla.edu
Keywords:
graphic design, deconstruction, typography, Internet, multiuser environments
Abstract:
This Thesis analyzes graphic design as an interface of contemporary culture. The transition from modern (functional) design to contemporary (deconstructed)design represents a technological change in the process of information transmission and reception. The concept of interface is developed in the light of two different standpoints: first, a historical analysis of graphic design (which includes the history of typography, that is, the basis of the process of visual communication). Second, we study the history of the concept of interface itself. This history focuses on the fact that the change of interfaces has always been related to the way people deal with information. Finally, the last part of this thesis centers on deconstructionism as a characteristic of contemporary graphic interface. The presence of deconstruction is analyzed both in graphic design and on the design of websites and multiuser environments.
Last update:
Jun 20 2004
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