Design Portfolio - melissa parker kim

melissa parker kim
[email protected]
+44 (0)75 5211 0430
Background
engineering
Always challenge
the status quo
Super analytical
art school
marketing
Eager to strategically
engage an audience
Can design the hell out of decks
I create visuals that are cohesive
throughout the entire deck and
embody the spirit of the brand.
I establish a visual hierarchy
within a deck to highlight
its key messages.
I manage the pace of the visuals on each slide to
avoid overwhelming the audience with a series of
flashy colours and information overload.
“Design like no one else can, girl.”
- Peter McGuinness, former CEO of DDB Chicago
Instead of simply cleaning
up the typography and
visuals of the given content
I work closely with the executives
to fully understand their content,
and challenge myself to make the
entire deck as impactful as possible.
Even under extreme
time pressure
Wrote/designed the easiest guide
for reading & writing Korean ever
1
The Korean written language is
actually pretty easy to learn.
No, seriously, it’s specifically
been designed for that.
In the 15th century, the King and
his scholars carefully engineered
the letters from scratch to fight
2
It’s even easier once you
understand the visual
relationship among the letters.
the country’s low literacy rate.
Currently, there is no Korean
learning guide on the market
that successfully demonstrates
these two aspects.
So I made one.
So
Korean's
pretty
cool
1
2
3
You can spell
‘LOL’ with the
letters.
The alphabet
was beautifully
engineered for
easy-learning.
It’s the only
Asian language
with a ‘O’ in
the alphabet
[G]
[D]
[B]
[S]
[J]
[G]
[D]
[B]
[S]
[J]
These letters sound
more “tense”.
These letters sound
more “tense”.
WTF
‘ss’
and ‘jj’ instead
WTF
Think of them as snapping your fingers
opposed to gently sliding your two finger
Think
of them
snapping your fingers
tips across
oneas
another.
opposed
your in
two
finger
i.e., Build to
upgently
a goodsliding
resistance
the
throat,
tips
across
one
another.
lips or tongue before letting the sound out.
i.e., Build up a good resistance in the throat,
lips or tongue before letting the sound out.
VOWELS
VOWELS
sun/sky
human
sun/sky earth
human
earth
represents the harmony among the heavens
(yang), flat earth (yin) and the upright human
represents the harmony among the heavens
(yang), flat earth (yin) and the upright human
NEW
NEW
[ah]
[yah]
[uh]
[yuh]
[oh]
[yoh]
[ooh]
[yoo]
[eu]
[eeh]
[ah]
[yah]
[uh]
[yuh]
[oh]
[yoh]
[ooh]
[yoo]
[eu]
[eeh]
Bring your teeth together and make a sound.
Bring your teeth together and make a sound.
NEW
NEW
[eh]
[yeh]
[eh]
[yeh]
[weh]
[wee]
[eu-eeh]
[eh]
[yeh]
[eh]
[yeh]
[weh]
[wee]
[eu-eeh]
closer to ‘a’
in ‘apple’
closer to ‘a’
in ‘apple’
[wah]
[weh]
[wuh]
[weh]
[wah]
[weh]
[wuh]
[weh]
fewer consonants than English
no [f] sound;
use [p] or [h]
instead
(e.g., “fashion” is
called “passion”)
no [th] sound;
use [s] or [d]
instead
(e.g., “anthrax” is
called “ansrax”)
no [v] sound;
no [z] sound;
use [b] instead
use [j] instead
(e.g., a “video” is
(e.g., a “Zac
called a was
“bideo”)
Efron” is called a
invented by King Sejong himself
“JackofEpron”)
inspired by the shape
an open throat
they
[g] [n]are
[d]only
[l/r] variations
[m]
[b]
[s]
tongue/mouth shape
[silent] [j]
[ch]
[k]
[t]
[p]
[h]
increasing degree of air burst
no distinction between [r] and [l]
LOL
[g]
[k]
fewer consonants than English
no [f] sound;
use [p] or [h]
instead
(e.g., “fashion” is
called “passion”)
no [th] sound;
[n]or [d]
use [s]
[d] [l/r]
instead
(e.g., “anthrax” is
called “ansrax”)
no [v] sound;
use [b] instead
(e.g., a “video” is
called a “bideo”)
[s]
no [z] sound;
[t]
use [j] instead
(e.g., a “Zac
Efron” is called a
“Jack Epron”)
[j] [ch]
they are only variations
tongue/mouth shape
[m] [b]
[p]
increasing degree of air burst
[g]
[silent]
[n] [d] [l/r]
[k]
[h]
[t]
1 chracter
2-4 letters
= 1 syllable
1 chracter
2-4 letters
= 1 syllable
•••
1 word
1 chracter
1 chracter
2-4 letters
= 1 syllable
1 chracter
1 chracter
hm, this is new packin’ em all in
characters
hm, this is
1 word
‘Gyllenhaal’
[jil•len•hahl]
2-4 letters
ㅣ,ㅔ,ㅏ; All vowels are vertical.
= 1 syllable
1. Listen to the word in your head.
2. Break it down.
2-4 letters
2-4 letters
shape are your vowels?
new 3. What
=
1
syllable
=
1 syllable
(vertical, horizontal or both)
packin’ em all in
•••
vertical
both
1. Listen to the word in your
head.
‘Gyllenhaal’
horizontal
ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅣ,
ㅚ, ㅘ, ㅙ,
2. Break
it down. ㅏ, ㅑ,
[jil•len•hahl]
1 chracter
1 chracter
1 chracter
ㅗ,
ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅡ
ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ
ㅟ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅢ
3. What shape are your vowels?
ㅣ,ㅔ,ㅏ; All vowels are vertical.
(vertical, horizontal or both)
consonant
1 word
+ vowel
vertical
c
hm, this is new packin’ em all in
c
v
horizontal
ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅣ,
ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ
consonant
+1.vowel
Listen to the word in your head.
2. Break it down.
consonant
What shape are your vowels?
+ 3.
vowel
(vertical, horizontal or both)
+ bottom
(1 or 2 letters)
c
c
consonant
+ vowel
+ bottom
consonant
질렌할
(1 or 2 letters)
+ vowel
c
consonant
‘Gyllenhaal’
[jil•len•hahl]
ㅣ,ㅔ,ㅏ; All vowels are vertical.
c
vertical
c
cc
both
ㅚ, ㅘ, ㅙ,
ㅟ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅢ
v
v
ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅣ,
ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ
j+i+l
질렌할
v
v
ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅡ
c
v
cv
l+e+n
c
c
vv
c
c
c horizontal
c
c
ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅡ
c
v
c
v
c
h + ah + l
vv
both
cㅚ, ㅘ, cㅙ,
ㅟ,cㅝ, ㅞ, ㅢ
v
c
Oh, and of course,
here’s how you spell
‘Jake’ [jeh•eeh•k].
c
c
제이크
MY
BAD
v
Oh, and of course,
here’s how you spell
‘Jake’ [jeh•eeh•k].
[kah•meh•rah]
Chicago
[see•kah•goh]
your turn mix and match
Chicago
Chicago
[see•kah•goh]
[see•kah•goh]
banana
sofa
[bah•nah•nah] [so•pah] NO ‘F’
your turn mix and match
sofa
sofa
[so•pah]
[so•pah]
pizza
banana
gum
[peeh•ja]
[bah•nah•nah] [gum]
camera
pizza
[kah•meh•rah]
[peeh•ja]
Chicago
camera
[see•kah•goh]
[kah•meh•rah]
sofa
Chicago
NO ‘F’
[so•pah]
[see•kah•goh]
NO ‘F’
NO ‘F’
(door) bell
[bell]
gum
gum
[gum]
panty
[gum]
[pan•teeh]
(door) bell
(door)
[bell] bell
[bell]
answer key
panty
panty
[pan•teeh]
[pan•teeh]
lemon
[reh•mon]
바나나
피자
answer key
카메라
answer key
바나나
시카고
바나나
피자
소주
피자
카메라
검
카메라
시카고
벨
시카고
소주
팬티
소주
검
레몬
검
벨
호텔
벨
팬티
팬티
레몬
레몬
호텔
호텔
lemon
lemon
[reh•mon]
[reh•mon]
hotel
[hoh•tel]
hotel
hotel
[hoh•tel]
[hoh•tel]
gum
sofa
[gum]
[so•pah]
NO ‘F’
panty
gum
[pan•teeh]
[gum]
lemon
panty
(door) bell
[bell]
(door) bell
[bell]
answer key
바나나
피자
카메라
시카고
The guide teaches you how
to read and write anything
in Korean in 10 pages.
It keeps the learners engaged the whole time with
colourful visual diagrams, interactive worksheets,
call-outs for the trickier parts and encouragements.
Wrote a marketing strategy toolkit
for a productivity app
Two ex-Microsoft employees had
a wild ambition for kicking off
their start-up:
Make another one of those
productivity apps (yawn) that
performs better than any other.
1
Like cigarettes brands, people
are likely to stick to their usual
productivity app out of habit. It is
a difficult market to disrupt.
2
Inspired by the simplicity of
basic text editors, the new app
organised information in a
no-nonsense to-do list format.
While productivity tools tend to
be associated with obligations and
suck out all the fun, lists showed
a potential for telling stories.
all about lists
“lists really get to the heart
of what it is we need to do to
get through another day on
this planet.”
- scott schaffer,
sociologist
Through research, I examined
the philosophical value, cultural
significance as well as the universal
appeal of (making or reading) lists.
e.g. The ‘ahhh’ factor when crossing off an item on a list or
all about lists
list who?
To-do list, grocery shopping
list, Christmas shopping
list, chores list, wish list,
bucket list, list of restaurants
recommended by friends,
list of passwords, hit list, list
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go to hell, list of excuses that
have already been used for
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of happy places to think about
after spotting a spider, list of
MCSGDKHRSNEKHRSRFNDRNM
Who are we kidding? We can’t remember
@KKNESGHRBQ@OHMNTQGD@CR
So we write lists — on our hands, scrap
papers, journals, Google Docs, Evernote,
on our dogs with Sharpies, whatever is
within our reach— as an extension to our
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the intimacy of taking a peek at someone else’s messy list
all about lists
through the peep hole
There are lists that are never meant to
be seen, especially the ones with sloppy
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demand from others to access them,
ADB@TRDNESGDHQKDUDKNEHMSHL@BX
By revealing what the writer has done
and what he or she hopes to do, a list
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VQHSDQŗRLHMC.QHSL@XOQDRDMS@VDKK
BQ@ESDC@MCB@QDETKKXBGNRDMRDSNEVNQCR
Whether the list is treated as an artifact, a
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Artist Adolf Konrad was a
frequent traveler and drew
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Observing people’s list-making
behaviours revealed a list of features
that the app should accomodate to
help its users to stay organised.
In a 97-paged humour-ridden deck,
I demonstrated the value of instead
making a new breed of list-making
apps that have productivity features.
It outlined the product’s value in the current market,
its potential, target consumers, overview of competitors
and product launch strategy.
what you need to make
what you need to make
what you need to make
An indispensible product:
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@LTRDLDMSRHRƥDQBD,@JD@RTRS@HM@AKD
product that appeals to the very core
of people’s everyday attitudes and
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$GLƨHUHQWVWRU\WRWHOO
-NS@OQNCTBSSG@SG@RCHƤDQDMSED@STQDR
than other competitors, but something
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Social lubricant:
Another reason for people to share
information, express themselves
and smile to each other
consumer insights
consumer insights
disorganized
ř(VQHSDSGHMFRCNVMATS
SGDXSDMCSNCHR@OOD@QŚ
“The act of writing is what
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know that 99% of the
SHLD(@LFNHMFSNKNRD
SGDO@ODQATS(EQ@MSHB@KKX
L@JDKHRSR@KKSGDSHLDŚ
“There are things that
have been staying on the
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LNMSGRŚ
organized
ř(ŗUDADDMQD@KKXA@C
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they’ve gone out of style,
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liberation from the weight
and the dependence
GNKCHMFLDCNVMŚ
ř(RSHKKVQHSDCNVMSGD
most important things,
especially when the
deadline is approaching
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to nail everything that
needs to get done at the
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ř(EHSHRSQTKXHLONQS@MS(
will make a list on a scrap
sheet of paper step by
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scale to determine that
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way probably isn’t all that
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ř(G@UD@ANTSKHRSRAX
project on my iPhone’s
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less notes if they can be
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ř(JDDOoneRJDSBGANNJŚ
ř(NMKXG@UDNMDKHRS@S@
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color code everything with
highlighters and then mark
a certain way to denote
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insight 1
Generally, people at least like the idea of
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However, with exceptions to the ones
sitting in the margins (highly organized
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most people have trouble translating the
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attitudes
behaviors
anti-lists
pro-lists
rarely
make lists
make lists
all the time
competitive overview
competitive overview
category vs quality
competitor profiles:
omnifocus
Shows dropdown options for autocomplete while typing
Has a binary setting button that either
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it’s set to “sequential”, the next tasks on
the list cannot be carried out unless the
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high quality
Questions:
Do we need folders analogy or at least a
navigation panel on the left hand side?
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isolating a sub-list? Omnifocus calls it
“focus”, but the process feels more like
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Evernote
:RUNƪRZ\
Clear
Things
Threat level: '(&'
Lectures on how to develop proper
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pretentious preset labels, such as projects
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@QDNƧBH@KI@QFNMRENQNQF@MHY@SHNM
Deceptively good, because the user can
choose it to be as simple or complex as
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productivity/
tasks
note-taking
Cotton Notes
Features we probably don’t need:
Omnifocus
Quip
low quality
target consumers
target consumers
caroline
don
54 yrs old
Small business owner
Sweaty and impatient
Potential lists:
Active in her community
potential lists:
3GHMJR OOKD@MC,HBQNRNES@QD@KKBQ@O
whenever they don’t work
Things that can go
to hell
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25 random things
about me
Likes to brag about digital tools that he
discovered and uses frequently now
Things he will do
once he retires
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A tech-savvy alter ego of Ron Swanson
who’s into productivity tools rather
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How he came across the product:
Constantly on her phone communicating
with her friends
Fairly shallow
22 yrs old
Potential threats:
Not likely to use it
for long
College student
15 hottest ginger
celebrities
how she came across the product:
Some of her friends started using them
Stumbled across it on the app store
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marketing strategy
creative direction for social media:
quotable lists
Set up permalinks so that people can share/embed their lists like
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marketing strategy
creative direction for launch:
acknowledge the
neurotic in you
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for a long time and they won’t stop
making them whether it is on paper or in
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Bring out the truth about the universal
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settlement, Leather-boots-related dreams
(ŗUDG@CSGHRVDDJ
Why @Lily is not calling me back:
She was in an accident and is in a coma
Flower shops nearby
Apollo Gifts & Flowers
Jade Florals
Wait, if her name is Lily, would
she love or hate lillies?
Chances of amnesia
Watch ʘ3GD5NV
Her battery is dead
She lost her charger
All the stores are sold out of
her chargers
Like all of them
Yes, all of them
She cares about me so much that she
wants for me to take some time to bang
other chicks
@Sarah
@Candice
@Christine
Also did some preliminary UX
sketches for web and mobile,
which helped to shape today’s
moo.do (http://www.moo.do).
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Researched for
Ford’s next e-bike design
Ford held a competition for
dreaming up their next e-bike.
I teamed up with a Product
Designer and an Engineer to
provide research.
1
E-bikes are already prevalent
in some other countries,
but the UK has not yet caught
on with its unique appeal.
2
The opportunity is in the
non-cyclers and our e-bike
design has to tackle the reasons
why they are avoid bicycles.
I interview people around London
and nine other global cities about
their stance on e-bikes compared
to other modes of transportation.
Seattle
Seoul
a lot of bikers (health-conscious city)
fairly hilly
rains a lot
Grant / 25 yrs old / male / high income / athletic, plays football regularly
car
port
(with
aspect
enjoys driving
frequency:
subway
e
ops
nce
all the time, unless he’s walking
pros:
needs to carry his soccer gears
no problem with parking (cost &
availability)
nice pause between things that
he’s doing (work/soccer)
cycling
likes mountain biking more than
road biking because road biking is
boring
a lot of people in Seattle rides them
despite a decent amount of hills
and rains a lot, because biking is
their priority
public transport
cycling recently gained popularity
not much accomodation for cyclists yet
heavy traffic
Jong-woo / 26 yrs old / male / low income / pretty athletic
car
cycling
public transport
frequency:
frequency:
frequency:
frequency:
never, since there is not an easy
way to get to work by public
transportation
doesn’t own a car
1-2 times a week
almost always
takes the bike lanes by the Han
River, when he wants to ride for a
long time
pros:
several years ago, single gear bikes
started to become popular and
everyone got on a bike
frequency:
it’s a crowded city and you can
avoid the traffic
terrible “bike lanes”
doesn’t own a bike because
doesn’t want to commute 25 miles
on a bike
bureaucrats are now starting to pay
more attention to cyclists
pros:
easier and faster to get to one
place to another
pros:
easier and faster to get to one
place to another
good for getting a workout
good for getting a workout
cons:
crazy traffic
e-bikes
have heard of them
first impression:
would be curious what it was: what
a weird looking bike!
the rider is probably eccentric and
has a lot of money
important factor(s)
storage,
long -distance
commute, the
thrill of biking
e-bikes
have heard of them
first impression:
would think of the rider as
someone who is willing to try
new things or have a decent
amount of money
the point of having a bike is to
exercise
would you buy one:
happy that he’d be able to go fast
for a longer period of time
would try one before considering
buying one
would you buy one:
would not buy one
important factor(s)
the power of fads,
crowded spaces,
road conditions
I put together a 31-paged report
outlining the research and
highlighting the relevant design
features in my teammates’ design.
obscure identity
bicycles
motorcycles
up to 15 mph
faster than 15 mph
requires pedalling, but requires no fuel
does not require physical work,
but requires fuel
produces no carbon emissions
produces carbon emissions
can be ridden in cycle lanes
cannot be ridden in cycle lanes
requires no license or insurance
requires license, insurance and
motorcycle helmet by law
requires physical exertion
requires almost
no physical exertion
e-bikes
looks more like a bicycle,
operates like a combination of both
too expensive for a bicycle,
too cheap for a motorcycle
becoming more popular everywhere
what the numbers say for londoners
Only 1 out of 25 people commute by cycling.
Cycling is brilliant,
but people are
not cycling.
Cyclers make up
a narrow market,
and will always
find ways to cycle.
The opportunities
are in non-cyclers.
the high threshold of conversion
9 out of 10 Londoners know
how to ride a bicycle.
3 out of 4 have learned how
to ride a bicycle before they
were 10.
At least a half have access to
a bicycle in their household.
1 out of 4 could (but do not
currently) commute by bike.
3 out of 4 non-cyclists do
not see themselves cycling
in the future.
who are not cycling?
Less than 1 out of 3 cyclers are women.
other factors
Why are women not cycling?
!
perception of it
being dangerous
In addition to it being
actually slightly dangerous,
cycling in the big cities is
intimidating and this leads to
lack of confidence for taking
charge of the road.
inconvenience
of maintaining
appearance
Cycling often results in
sweating and sitting in an
odd position for a while,
so it requires carrying
around change of clothes
and a shower room at the
destination.
difficulty of
carrying storage
It is difficult to store your
belongings on the bicycle
and pedal with an extra
weight.
Plus, when you are carrying
your work clothes in a bag,
your trousers or suit jacket
may get creased or wet in
the rain.
re-inventing the wheel
?
the “umph”
The added height gives
much more prominence on
the road and gives the riders
visibility and confidence on
the road.
The team was exclusively invited to
the Ford UK Headquarters to present
the design to the executives.
Wrote/edited the catalog for the new
Information Experience Design course
at the Royal College of Art
The Information Experience Design
MA programme at the Royal College
of Art was showcasing the work of
their first graduating class.
Yet, no one really understood what
the course was all about.
After interviewing the graduating
students individually, I highlighted
each of their niche by providing an
overview of their work, interests
and aspirations in three paragraphs.
Jaap de Maat
www.jaapdemaat.nl
[email protected]
In his dissertation, he examined how
an absence can sometimes draw more
attention than its past existence, and
investigated the power dynamics found
in the traces of forced erasure. He
also recognised that while the brain is
programmed to forget due to its limited
storage capacity, the Digital Age makes
it far easier to accurately log and remember everything – especially regarding individuals – on a distant server, for
eternity. He argued against the hidden
danger of digital information’s resistance
to erasure, as those stored recollections
are prone to misinterpretation or
malevolent manipulation.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jaap is actually a graphic design
veteran, who used to run a studio in
Rotterdam, before moving to London
where he’s been teaching at Central
Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Art
and Design, and Kingston University.
He joined IED to try something different,
and his work represents a pronounced
appetite for play. Most of his projects
have resulted from trying out new skills
in physical computing.
Doggerland: ‘Blink and you’ll miss it.’
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Jaap has been exploring the aesthetics
of the disappeared, lost, invisible and
void. His interest started with Doggerland, a once-significant landmass that
gradually sunk in the North Sea Basin
between 18,000 and 5,500 BC. This
inspired him to create an interactive
piece that becomes active only when
visitors close their eyes.
Additive Subtraction: A flag waving in a vacuum
forget
His final piece, I Know What You Did
Last Summer, is a tongue-in-cheek
expression of the horror from our online
traces following us around forever, and
provides a sobering thought that ought
to rule our online behaviour.
Bush: Makes the sound of a woman moaning upon touch
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Weiwei Liang
weiweiliang.com
[email protected]
Earlier this year, Weiwei made a onehundred-meter-long scroll of pages
from the book The International Library
of Literature Vol.1. While many IED
students are exploring the complexity
of cloud-like networks of multimodal
information, Weiwei envisions all the
available information out there as an
infinite scroll that streams data in the
linear ways we read. Like the continuous pages printed on dot matrix
printers, she brings light to the banality
of data, conveyed through lifeless
and endless mechanical repetition.
Weiwei hesitates to be labelled as an
‘Information Experience Designer,’
because she simply considers herself
an artist, who wishes to provide novel
interpretations of the humanity in our
contemporary society, in which information happens to be undeniably prominent. She refers to Marshall McLuhan,
who was not so crazy about modern
media, but felt ‘satisfaction from grasping their modes of operation.’
Weiwei’s final project, Feed, is an interactive tapestry installation that encourages the visitor to input personal data
by weaving yarn. Each point of weft and
warp is represented as a binary digit –
a 1 if the yarn crosses in front of the grid,
and a 0 if it crosses behind. The digital
traces each of us produces is like a thin,
continuous silk emitted from a silkworm,
and these secretions are spun into yarn
and woven into patterned, multicoloured
textiles. The data we generate thus become the raw fibre for the fabric of information, manufactured in the new industrial weaving mill – the data centre.
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Feed
The Book of Sand
Untitled Orders
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The book also included
excerpts from the students’
academic writings and
highlights from the last year.
Visitors at the Degree Show
took all 500 copies within the
first several days.
Helped Diageo restructure their
data visualisation method for brand equity
1
Diageo regularly releases data
about their brand equity in a
visual format that is difficult
to compare with the naked eye.
2
The various aspects of
brand equity were grouped
in counterintuitive ways.
I devised a visual language
that would help the executives to...
1. Read the numbers.
2. Compare data between quarters,
countries and the competitor brand.
3. Spot the anomalies.
Then re-categorised the 11 factors
in the brand equity data,
so that they tell a better narrative:
1. The current situation
2. The survival of the brand
3. Maintaining the image
of the brand
4. Future momentum of
the brand
A. Product (the thing)
B. Drink (the affect)
C. Brand (the aspiration)
And then further experimented
with ways to further simplify the
visuals and effectively compare
data outside of Powerpoint.
Made a giant bear
I made a white, fluffy bear
that is over 2m tall.
Everyone has someone that we
want to forget but can’t help but
remember.
i.e. Someone we dearly miss.
We seem to see them everywhere
and the thought of them keeps
popping up in our heads.
The bear became the centre of
photo-ops at the exhibition,
and the piece received a ‘special
mention’ on It’s Nice That.
See the full story here:
https://vimeo.com/101046165
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