Designing Distance: a first-person visual narrator

Sweetapple, K

Designing Distance: a first-person visual narrator

Sweetapple, K

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Publisher:: University of Plymouth Press
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Message, 2013, First, 1.6 (6), pp. 14 - 23
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sweetapple, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6214-3125	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Message, 2013, First, 1.6 (6), pp. 14 - 23	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27925
dc.description.abstract	This article argues that the literary concept of 'distance' is a valuable theoretical framework through which to understand how designers affect viewer experience. This article argues that s designer's choice of typeface, composition, image treatment, colour, etc. _ are visual building blocks used to construct a point of view. Through the comparison of canonical written and designed texts, I will show how the equivalent of the literary first person can be found in visual work. The task of this article, however, is not to equate the visual with the verbal, but rather to identify the design decisions that can be equally described as characteristics of a first-person text.	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Plymouth Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Message	en_US
dc.title	Designing Distance: a first-person visual narrator	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
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utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
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Abstract:

This article argues that the literary concept of 'distance' is a valuable theoretical framework through which to understand how designers affect viewer experience. This article argues that s designer's choice of typeface, composition, image treatment, colour, etc. _ are visual building blocks used to construct a point of view. Through the comparison of canonical written and designed texts, I will show how the equivalent of the literary first person can be found in visual work. The task of this article, however, is not to equate the visual with the verbal, but rather to identify the design decisions that can be equally described as characteristics of a first-person text.

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