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Audio & Visual Design Designing Holistic Sensory Experiences within Environments

Steele, Quintin Jon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1470849876

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2016, MFA, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information / School of Visual Communication Design.
What are the sensory limits of design? Will emerging technologies continue to push design into new realms of practice? How can multimodal environments adapt to users providing more holistic sensory experiences? What is the role of a graphic designer, in the growing world of multimodal design? My thesis research investigates the ways audio and visual cues combine to create more dynamic and immersive environments. These two sensory medias may increase comprehension of information, engagement, and navigation within a designed environment experience. A preliminary investigation surrounds multimodal design, focusing on the use of multisensory interaction design. The research will then turn to the practice of designing sound and design utilizing sound. During this study I documented my process through a video diary and photos of my journey into incorporating audio media into small video base test experiments and large scale multistage designed environments. Sound connects. It asks us to surrender ourselves and to immerse ourselves in the sensory world and in participatory experience. It incorporates and creates communion. With sounds, there is opportunity to better understand how these two medias work together, with the goal to eventually enrich user comprehension, engagement, and navigation while in an environment.
Jessica Barness, M.F.A. (Advisor)
Ken Visocky O’Grady , M.F.A. (Committee Member)
Daphne Peters, M.A./M.F.A. (Committee Member)
43 p.
Design
Design; Audio; Graphic Design, Multimodal; Environments; Visual Communication Design

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  • Steele, Q. J. (2016). Audio & Visual Design Designing Holistic Sensory Experiences within Environments [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1470849876

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Steele, Quintin . Audio & Visual Design Designing Holistic Sensory Experiences within Environments . 2016. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1470849876.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Steele, Quintin . "Audio & Visual Design Designing Holistic Sensory Experiences within Environments ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1470849876

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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