College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Papers: Recent submissions
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Autonomy, well-being, and design
(1997-05)The objective of this thesis is to demonstrate how product design can effectively improve the quality of our lives by promoting individual autonomy in light of diminished physical capabilities due to illness and/or aging. ... -
Sports identity: A Design altenative
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Aquanic: personal diving assistant tool
(1998-05-16)The purpose of this thesis is to propose an underwater device to be carried or worn by divers. This device would alleviate many problems that divers may encounter, supporting the divers as a communication, navigation, ... -
Digital dog shelter application
(2010-11-15)Pet overpopulation has been a major issue for a long time. Hundreds of thousands of dogs are in shelters all over the country who desperately need homes. When looking up these dogs on shelter web sites it is common to find ... -
Perception
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Illustrative neighborhood redevelopment
(2011-02-24)Urban planning is implemented under many theories and purposes. But often times, due to difference in public preferences, plans can become inconsistent and lack harmony with other neighborhoods. Design theories may become ... -
Kethelavia: Promoting and branding an original cartoon using interactive website design
(2010-11-22)How to design and promote a cartoon brand are always interesting questions to contemporary cartoon industry. To the rising Chinese cartoon business, they need to find a suitable way for its continuous development. Through ... -
New medium of advertising in the future use of interactive installation
(2011)Interactive installation is good at communicating as an advertising medium because in the age of information overload, the traditional advertising medium is far from communicating with consumers efficiently, "eye catching" ... -
Airport design
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A Multimedia instructional animation and website on anti-glomerular disease
(2010-11-18)Immunology is a field of study that is expanding in the biomedical community. Current research has given the study greater consideration in understanding the nature and origin of disease. The purpose of this project ... -
Animal game
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Highly interactive multimedia application design
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Visual inspiration from modern art- My reflections on symbolism, surrealism, and impressionism
(2010-09-15)My thesis project is a digital graphics book demonstrating my reflections on three schools of Modern Art: Symbolism, Surrealism, and Impressionism. I was inspired by the artists' elegant masterpieces, so I created my ... -
Interactive display of complex political data in an effort to promote social change
(2010-05-05)Despite the fact that hard and fast data on politicians, such as voting records and campaign funding, is readily available on the Internet it is under-utilized in decision-making during the voting process. This may be due ... -
Motivating change: An Interactive journey in sustainability in environmental concerns
(2010-04-23)Despite the grave environmental issues facing the world, little is being done to educate our future generation of "consumers" on resource consumption and waste generation. There is a need for major change in the approach ... -
An Educational exhibit of two graphic designers: William Golden / Will Burtin
(1997-11-01)The Retrospective Exhibit, a thesis project, documented the professional graphic design work of two pioneers in the industry. Will Burtin and William Golden. William Golden was Art Director of CBS (Columbia Broadcasting ... -
Project: Love yours
(2010-12)Project: Love Yours is a graduate thesis project that examined the importance of emotional attachments to product longevity in the context of problems where our material culture is distant and disposable. Through research ... -
Cookie dough 2.0: Digital sketchbook
(2010-11-09)Cookie Dough 2.0 is a thesis documenting the graphic design branding journey of transforming cookie dough from simply a mixture of raw ingredients used in making chocolate chip cookies into a legitimate snack food. Graphic ... -
Exploring Taoism philosophy: A Visual interactive interpretation
(2010-11-12)Thesis URL: http://www.yangdan.info/thesis Exploring Taoism Philosophy: A Visual Interactive Interpretation is an interactive graphic design project which introduces the Taoism philosophy to college students, it's also ... -
Music, skill and artifact: The Pursuit of physical opportunities
(2010-06)As a musician being faced with the option to create music on a primarily digital and intangible level, I found this new digital experience to be problematic when compared to the experience of playing a physical instrument. ...