Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/65-81
Grace A. Spee, Bansri Thakkar, Abinash Mallick, Jennifer Cyrus, Quentin Bu, Arda Erdeniz, Daria Tsoupikova
Since time immemorial, shopping malls have served as potential havens for establishing symbiotic relationships between often multiple individual communities and their corresponding consumers, all under a single roof. These installments with ground-breaking architecture coupled with a multitude of amenities have inconspicuously managed to generate an ambience and long served as a beacon for these local communities. Today, as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a commercial standstill, the economics of malls continue to collapse. This article details the creation of OASIS, a collaborative virtual reality project designed for mental rehabilitation, which examines the themes of destruction, growth, sustainability, and mindfulness using the metaphor of a desolated shopping mall. Ten individual virtual spaces within OASIS were developed to encourage participants’ engagement in a virtual environment and to alleviate the impact of social isolation during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This collaborative project developed at the University of Illinois Chicago involved a team of ten designers from Industrial Design and Graphic Design programs in the integrated virtual creative production. OASIS was developed in a remote collaboration using the Unity game engine and other collaboration tools enabling virtual teamwork. In this article, OASIS is situated within a discussion of how virtual design collaboration can help mitigate issues related to isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Qualitative feedback from designers and audiences confirmed the effectiveness of virtual reality as a tool on individual and collective creative experience. Exhibited in an online gallery, OASIS explores how design methodologies and VR technology can enhance the graphic design curriculum.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/35-63
B. Eilouti, Arshi Parashar, H. Bnayan
{"title":"The Impact of Public Space Design on Users’ Activities: Two Case Studies from Riyadh","authors":"B. Eilouti, Arshi Parashar, H. Bnayan","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/35-63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/35-63","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i02/19-30
C. Rosa, Rodrigo Morais
{"title":"Classes of Signs in Pictograms: A Case Study","authors":"C. Rosa, Rodrigo Morais","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i02/19-30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i02/19-30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/67-111
Carlos Chacón Pérez
{"title":"Photography as a Construction Material beyond its Ornamental Potential","authors":"Carlos Chacón Pérez","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/67-111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/67-111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/1-23
Jinsook Kim, Michael H. Fritsch
{"title":"Semantic Sense as Simplicity for Design Representation","authors":"Jinsook Kim, Michael H. Fritsch","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/1-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/1-23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i01/33-50
B. Eilouti
{"title":"A Reverse-Engineering Model for Architectural Design Analysis","authors":"B. Eilouti","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i01/33-50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i01/33-50","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/1-16
Kengkard Tonthongkam
{"title":"The Role of Packaging Designs for Agribusiness Product Marketing in Western Thailand","authors":"Kengkard Tonthongkam","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/1-16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/1-16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"101 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i01/13-32
E. Caratti, Sergio Menichelli, Francesco Scagliarini
{"title":"Multiple Translations for Disseminating Social Issues: Mag Design Experimentations","authors":"E. Caratti, Sergio Menichelli, Francesco Scagliarini","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i01/13-32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i01/13-32","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/41-55
B. James
{"title":"Graphic Design and Electronic Literature: Building Bridges between New Neighbors","authors":"B. James","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/41-55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/41-55","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/25-40
Muhammad Helmy Emran, Azhar Abd. Jamil, Zainuddin Ibrahim, A. N. Che Pee, A. Baharuddin
{"title":"From Standards to Application: How Road Signs Conform to Graphical Requirements","authors":"Muhammad Helmy Emran, Azhar Abd. Jamil, Zainuddin Ibrahim, A. N. Che Pee, A. Baharuddin","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/25-40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v15i02/25-40","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52101,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Visual Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67550165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}