Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Bethany Johns
Second Advisor
Alicia Chang
Third Advisor
Paul Soulellis
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Abstract
Form, Content, and Form as Content demonstrates form as a tool of communication used to explore the role of aesthetics, play, and order in giving form to design. This thesis maps the journey of an aesthetic critic who makes visible and explicit the structures and symbolic meaning valued in the graphic forms we experience.
The practice draws upon the properties of the kaleidoscope, rearranging form to produce new content that questions the reliability of standards, from corporate ranking to color palette trending. Bearing witness to culture, I closely observe and highlight identities and trends that command high stakes in culture. Through three categories of methodological interpretation: Trend Evidence, Re-ordering Order, and Generating Order, I exploit the perception of the value of form and examine form as content.
Recommended Citation
Koo, Bon Hae, "Form, Content, and Form as Content" (2016). Masters Theses. 1510.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1510
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Comments
Additional Masters Examination Committee members / advisors: Clement Valla, Sulki Choi, and Min Choi.