Current Search:  Signs and symbols. (x)

View All Items

  • CSV Spreadsheet
(1 - 3 of 3)
Designing utopia
Title
Designing utopia.
Creator
White, Lesli D., Cunningham, Stephanie, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Abstract/Description
The intention of this thesis is to explore the innate human desire to pursue an ideal existence. This compulsion recurs throughout history, regardless of race, religion, or geography, revealing itself through multiple disciplines such as art, design, film, music, and architecture. Humankind’s propulsion towards utopia evidences the human condition and our desire to create an improved existence for ourselves and for those who follow. It is this idyllic goal that promotes change, social...
Show moreThe intention of this thesis is to explore the innate human desire to pursue an ideal existence. This compulsion recurs throughout history, regardless of race, religion, or geography, revealing itself through multiple disciplines such as art, design, film, music, and architecture. Humankind’s propulsion towards utopia evidences the human condition and our desire to create an improved existence for ourselves and for those who follow. It is this idyllic goal that promotes change, social progress, and ultimately unites humankind. This thesis will inform and facilitate a platform from which to experience and reflect upon our collective utopian ambition through the lens of graphic design.
Show less
Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004420
Subject Headings
Conduct of life, Graphic design -- Technique, Signs and symbols, Symbolism (Psychology), Utopias -- Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Analysis and implementation issues of the Icon Generator, Manager and Repository for an icon-based software engineering environment
Title
Analysis and implementation issues of the Icon Generator, Manager and Repository for an icon-based software engineering environment.
Creator
Portnoy, Ilya., Florida Atlantic University, Larrondo-Petrie, Maria M., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description
Computer icons, along with animation, sound and other multimedia features, can facilitate communications between clients, software engineers and managers. Icon-based Software Engineering Environment (IconSEE++), being developed at Florida Atlantic University, uses icons to convey concepts describing object-oriented software development projects, as well as to navigate to all technical and non-technical project documentation. IconSEE++ is composed of three layers. The Icon Generator, Manager...
Show moreComputer icons, along with animation, sound and other multimedia features, can facilitate communications between clients, software engineers and managers. Icon-based Software Engineering Environment (IconSEE++), being developed at Florida Atlantic University, uses icons to convey concepts describing object-oriented software development projects, as well as to navigate to all technical and non-technical project documentation. IconSEE++ is composed of three layers. The Icon Generator, Manager and Repository form a part of the middle layer. This thesis includes a survey of visual development tools and their comparison to IconSEE++. For the Icon Generator, Manager and Repository, the thesis presents object-oriented analysis models in UML notation, identifies implementation issues and provides strategies to solve them. Numerous code segments illustrating proposed solutions have been developed.
Show less
Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15635
Subject Headings
Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems), Signs and symbols--Data processing
Format
Document (PDF)
Allusions
Title
Allusions.
Creator
Nuruddin, Khaulah Naima, Prusa, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Abstract/Description
Allusions explores the volatile nature of intimate relationships by revisiting and recovering my memory of dramatic experiences in my own intimate relationships then translating them into painted psychological scenes. These scenes are activated by symbolically charged objects and interrupted by openings or portals serving as points of entry or exit. The people involved are referred to by pieces of carefully chosen furniture situated in a space that has shifting perspectives and illogical...
Show moreAllusions explores the volatile nature of intimate relationships by revisiting and recovering my memory of dramatic experiences in my own intimate relationships then translating them into painted psychological scenes. These scenes are activated by symbolically charged objects and interrupted by openings or portals serving as points of entry or exit. The people involved are referred to by pieces of carefully chosen furniture situated in a space that has shifting perspectives and illogical planes, referencing the complexity of memory and the subjectivity of experience. Discordant color, texture, and layered information are used to heighten the drama of the moment. These painted panels and ceramic structures are a manifestation of my mental processing of interpersonal exchanges and remembered experiences through the development of a unique visual vocabulary in paint.
Show less
Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004617
Subject Headings
Affect (Psychology), Visual perception., Optical art., Pictures--Psychological aspects., Color--Psychological aspects., Symbolism in art., Interpersonal relationships., Signs and symbols.
Format
Document (PDF)