This week, Digital Design held a program-wide assembly that saw two current students, one grad, and a design industry heavyweight present projects that all reflected a ‘tactile’ theme.
Student Karen Poon kicked things off with a typography project (featured left) that involved laser-cutting Caslon Pro font letters from a thin wood panel, and using those letters to spell out the main parts of a story in evocative photographic images. Karen has documented it all in a mini case study on her blog.
Kashiya Taylor then displayed her work-in-progress motion design piece. She gave the audience a look at the amount of coding involved with interactive media, explaining that her goal is to create an interactive music video that will relieve stressed out viewers/users.
A recent grad who just took part in Digital Design’s Appetizers showcase, Kelsey Armour talked in detail about the highs, lows, and learning outcomes of designing and developing an interactive reading experience for the Entertainment Business Management-led initiative, Project Space Squid.
Rounding out the evening, the Creative Director of Tangible Interaction Design Alex Beim returned to the Digital Design Assembly stage. Three years ago, he had wowed the audience with “Zygotes” — giant colour-changing balls of light, recently displayed at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Games earlier this year.