The grad studio
In this course taking place in the second semester of the UIC graduate program in Graphic Design, Sharon’s curricular strategy guides students in creating works that uncover potential thesis topics and investigate methodologies for practice.
TypeSphere | Kaleb Dean, Nina Swiderski (collaborator)
Explores emblems of pride and the multicultural appropriation of goods and packaging. More...
Recognition:
STA 100 selection
Pastiche | Nina Swiderski
Exploring design under globalization, the aim is to express the notion of cultural imitation or mixing.
GIF Tube
GIF Scanimation: Dinosaur
GIF Cache | Nina Swiderski, Tahsin Hyder (collaborator)
Inspired by the phenomenon of GIF collecting and the seemingly nonsensical need to preserve digital elements from a young Internet, GIF Cache was created as a physical representation of a digital archive. Some of the earliest animated images were recreated in paper and re-animated using the technique of scanimation, bridging the analog-digital divide.
GIF Scanimation: Flag
GIF Scanimation: Flame
Convergence | Tahsin Hyder
Handmade GIF | Tahsin Hyder, Emily Au (collaborator)
Investigates the systematic process of creating animated GIFS through both analog and digital means.
This Is Not Handmade and Motherboard | Emily Au
Explores the juxtaposition of opposing ideas: the handmade versus the computer-generated.
Whitewashing | Jessica Quattrini
Explores notions of cultural and sociopolitical whitewashing as well as digital glitching and information overload.
Denotation | Peiyang Lan
Denotation is a word always used with its counterpart — connotation. Denotation refers to the superficial or apparent meaning of a thing, while connotation refers to the hidden or underlying meaning. According to Roland Barthes in his writing on semiotics, a word can be attributed three layers of meaning: denotation, connotation, and myth.
More to come…