Ciska Swaak/TOTT

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TOTT_CISKA_OLD

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Deliverables

  1. A new 'tool/medium' medium (Bespoke/DIY production technology, critical or speculative artifact)
  2. An initial working demo as case experiment
  3. Three 1min short films over your tool/medium focusing on 1) a technical/practical walkthrough, 2) it's raison d'être -- your personal relationship with it and its implications for your practice; and 3) its larger cultural context.
  4. +/- 4000 word reflection document defining 1) where your specific 'craft' lies in relation newer technologies, 2) new tools for your trade, 3) the implications for your work within both a personal and cultural context
  5. A packaged project wiki page and oral presentation.


CRAFT

Graphic design


CONCEPT

Digital x physical world

Indesign

Research question: How can the (design/creation/development/exploration) of ........... help (define/create/explain) .............. for ..............


RESEARCH & PROCESS

What tools used a graphic designer before the computer existed?

What tools google ciska.jpg



I came accross a kickstarter project for a film called 'Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production' from Briar Levit [1]
Graphic Means explores the history of graphic design production, before the advent of the desktop computer. [2]
Graphic means 01 ciska.jpg

Early GD ciska.jpeg

What tools used a graphic designer before QuarkXpress existed?

What was the first design software for the computer?

Or what are the first graphic design software (s)?

[3]

What are the pros and cons of this toolkit?

What are the pros and cons of the early QuarkXpress?

What are the pros and cons of Indesign nowdays?

EXPERIMENTS

REFERENCES