Date of Award
Spring 6-1-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Industrial Design
Department
Industrial Design
First Advisor
Ayako Takase
Second Advisor
Monica Nelson
Third Advisor
Pamela Hersch
Abstract
Dimensional Dialogues, a multi-installation series, offers us a place to interact with language in a way that is whimsical and transcends our need to understand and comprehend language. We remove the tensions of language barriers by finding beauty and personal connection to typography, now scaled up to a human scale and reacting in real time to our movements. A process begins from ancient practices of designing Arabic Calligraphy, to creating Graphic Outputs of that calligraphy, to technologically heavy and new works in creating 3D models of these works that can be projected and respond to human movement. These installations, in their stark separation from our every-day items and environments bring us moments that challenge our intrigue and our senses. When we can have our senses-this most fundamental part of ourselves challenged, we can be even more open and embracing of challenging our other convictions and ideas.
Recommended Citation
Abousteit, Farida, "Dimensional Dialogues" (2024). Masters Theses. 1345.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1345
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