New: Technology, Design and Language

New Brief: 'As time passes, new developments and forms combine to give us as designers the chance to define a new language, to take or invent a new form of experimental practice or design tool and develop a way for this to be used, received and understood by the public. You will be exploring a diverse range of of contemporary graphic design forms'

At first this brief sounded completely and utterly confusing. We were given an introduction session to this new brief where a recent graduate from our course spoke about his FMP where he had combined reading and music through the form of a book. Whilst you read the book you would complete an electrical circuit which in turn would make a sound.

We also looked at other artists such as United Visual Artists who have used the form of light in various ways such as combining it with live music shows to make a completely new experience.

So in essence the brief is about taking a process and reinventing it. So it's a bit like product design and a bit like interaction design and thinking about using new technology.

Pretty much a tough one.

We also got told about these arduino kits which react to the world and can produce a response from the information it receives.

I'm gonna have to have a further look into these and more work around this topic I think in order to get my head round it a bit better.