COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
A Case for Place: Transforming Meaning Through Graphic Narrative
Creator:
Feavel, Michael
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Graphic Design
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Graphic Design
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
Quite often, built environments are created without the consideration of those who inhabit the space,
thereby leaving cultural identity and a sense of place unable to form. Meaning, context, and narrative are
discounted and the inhabitants are left without a positive relationship to the space and continue to be
subjected to an overall negative experience, resulting in an avoidance of the built environment and an
escape into the digital. This phenomenon of “placelessness” presents a unique opportunity to visual
communicators to transform a lackluster space into a thriving place fit for a specific community.
thereby leaving cultural identity and a sense of place unable to form. Meaning, context, and narrative are
discounted and the inhabitants are left without a positive relationship to the space and continue to be
subjected to an overall negative experience, resulting in an avoidance of the built environment and an
escape into the digital. This phenomenon of “placelessness” presents a unique opportunity to visual
communicators to transform a lackluster space into a thriving place fit for a specific community.
Abstract:
Through the examination of space, place, and the practices of place making and graphic design, this thesis
supports the crucial role of graphic designer as place maker. Furthermore, the thesis studies the
implementation of a graphic narrative to transform space into place and reinvigorate the relationship
between man and the surrounding environment.
supports the crucial role of graphic designer as place maker. Furthermore, the thesis studies the
implementation of a graphic narrative to transform space into place and reinvigorate the relationship
between man and the surrounding environment.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2012-05
Format:
PDF : 29 p. : ill