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.

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