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Design thinking, visual articulation and a love for learning guide my actions as a graphic and interactive designer, a design educator, a cross disciplinarian, and a digital conceptualist. This is a selection of my projects, essays and experiences. To learn more about me please email me or download my design & teaching philosophy and my curriculum vitae. |
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Visual and Digital Noise Experience
This webzine is intended as an experiment in "visual and interactive noise". The accompanying manifesto further expounds upon the ideas I explored in the interactive portion. Since this investigation is about an insularly conceived and obsessive collection, the project is only fully expressed by watching me navigate the website as a "live performance piece". My hypothesis is that visual noise exists transparently and is a vital part of our everyday experience, and I manifested this in a digital collection. I categorized and displayed my visual noise collection in three groups: natural noise, man-made noise and digital noise. The site's navigational behavior and visual appearance is governed by the following set of behaviors and experiences: 1) Visual noise is not easily accessible. In order to navigate the collection a high level of commitment is required (the more you adjust the browser frame, the more you see). 2) Visual noise is composed of smaller units that create a more complex whole. Though seemingly complex, the site was made with simple html code, static images, and is navigated with simple gestures (mouse and keyboard commands). 3) We unconsciously edit the noise we see. Although typically transparent and problematic, visual noise can be revealed and embraced. This site embraces html limitations, browser malleability and user accessibility commands (enlarge type size with command +). 4) Noise is experienced through empathy, not clarity. Everyone's experience will be different (like a Zen Koan). Patience and inquisition leads to your own experience (clues are hidden in the source code and cryptic language is learned over time). 5) Visual noise is a comfort (as is inherent in nature and identified in re-appropriation). A digital "obstacle" is encountered at each screen (click and drag the image to reveal extra content). Ultimately comfort with an uncomfortable experience is achieved through participation (or observation). »View webzine (in Safari) »Download paper (pdf) »Selected Bibliography (pdf) |
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| All content (including design, writing and research) copyright Jamie E. Gray, 2007, unless otherwise attributed. Technical advisement provided by agrayspace creative. |
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