Tied to visual metaphors, we have not embraced the computer for its inherit characteristics but instead are attempting to emulate our world within it. The Mac operating system was built specifically for the office environment. Desktops, trash cans, folders, buttons, pages, were used to make early users feel more comfortable when attempting to understanding this new workplace. Yet these tropes as well as drop shadows, bevels, perspective, are not inherit, but imported traits into the abstract world of computing. The purpose of this assignment is to create a self-reflexive experience which can only exist in the browser. These sketches present different modes of progressing through a text and are meant to provide a starting point into discovering new forms/modes of presentation.
Tied to visual metaphors, we have not embraced the computer for its inherit characteristics but instead are attempting to emulate our world within it. The Mac operating system was built specifically for the office environment. Desktops, trash cans, folders, buttons, pages, were used to make early users feel more comfortable when attempting to understanding this new workplace. Yet these tropes as well as drop shadows, bevels, perspective, are not inherit, but imported traits into the abstract world of computing. The purpose of this assignment is to create a self-reflexive experience which can only exist in the browser. These sketches present different modes of progressing through a text and are meant to provide a starting point into discovering new forms/modes of presentation.
To create an engaging web based experience for a text that has a 4,000 word count minimum without relying on the emulation of physical objects eg. digital page turns.