Grace A. Spee, Bansri Thakkar, Abinash Mallick, Jennifer Cyrus, Quentin Bu, Arda Erdeniz, Daria Tsoupikova
{"title":"OASIS: A Collaborative Virtual Reality Design Exhibition Exploring the Post-capitalist Mall","authors":"Grace A. Spee, Bansri Thakkar, Abinash Mallick, Jennifer Cyrus, Quentin Bu, Arda Erdeniz, Daria Tsoupikova","doi":"10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/65-81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1581/cgp/v16i01/65-81","url":null,"abstract":"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.","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":"67550546","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}
{"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}
{"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}
{"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}
{"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}
{"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}
{"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}
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}
{"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}
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}