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Annotative Design: A Study of Everyday Signs, Anonymous Notes, and Annotative Practices

Biot, Sebastian E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338399612

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2012, Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Ohio University, History and Criticism (Fine Arts).
Looking at everyday anonymous signs found in break rooms, in hallways, on doors, etc., I argue that, collectively, they define a form of design I call ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿annotative design.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ These practices, defined by their visual language, their materiality, their posting and placement strategies, point to a logic of design, reminiscent of book marginalia, that differs from standard professional graphic design practices. Using Michel de Certeau's studies on the interplay of strategies and tactics in everyday life, I also argue that graphic design relates to visualist strategies connected to a tradition of spatialization of knowledge while annotative design uses tactical ways of operating.
Don Adleta (Committee Chair)
Sherry Blankenship (Committee Co-Chair)
John Sabraw (Committee Member)
Marina Peterson (Committee Member)
87 p.
Art Criticism; Design
graphic design; annotative design; annotations; everyday life; Michel de Certeau; tactics; marginalia

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  • Biot, S. E. (2012). Annotative Design: A Study of Everyday Signs, Anonymous Notes, and Annotative Practices [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338399612

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Biot, Sebastian. Annotative Design: A Study of Everyday Signs, Anonymous Notes, and Annotative Practices. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338399612.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Biot, Sebastian. "Annotative Design: A Study of Everyday Signs, Anonymous Notes, and Annotative Practices." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338399612

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