Fresh Dialogue 8: Designing Audiences

by AIGA/NY, Emma Presler, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) (Editor)

Each year the New York chapter of AIGA brings together emerging designers for Fresh Dialogue, a panel discussion thatprovides a forum to present and talk about work, thoughts, and ideas. Designing Audiences takes a fresh look at graphic design through the eyes of three young designers, all of whom have embraced a media landscape dominated by user-centric social networking sites such as MySpace, Flickr, and YouTube. Playing with the notion of designer as visual interlocutor, they craft conversations where viewers become participants and the relationship between design and its consumers is radically redefined. This lively Fresh Dialogue volume includes designers from a variety of Stefan Bucher with his wildly popular DailyMonster series; Eric Rodenbeck with the Flickr mapping brainchild Mappr as well as live data visualizations at Digg Labs; and Katie Salen with Karaoke Ice, the traveling karaoke ice cream truck. Designing Audiences is a stimulating andentertaining discussion of the changing role of the designer in the era of constant feedback. The moderator is popular onlinepersonality Ze Frank, creator of the web-based "the show with zefrank," stand-up comic, and soon-to-go-Hollywood charmer.

106 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2008

About the author

The mission of the New York Chapter of the AIGA is to identify and define issues critical to its membership and the graphic design profession to explore and clarify these issues for the purpose of helping to elevate the standards of the business of graphic design and to create a forum for the exchange of information, views, ideas and techniques among those engaged in the profession.

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[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

My thumb is pointing up. This deserves 3 and a half stars but goodreads don't do that. Pish.