Reading Patterns: Adaptive Design for Post-Screen Media
Advancements in technology and media permeate all perspectives of human experience, actively shaping our thoughts and actions.
As new forms of media create new ways of engaging with information, the sensory-rich experience of traditional reading is lost in the flattened space of screen-based media. My thesis investigates how design and evolving media can be adapted to accommodate changing reading behaviors by enriching narratives through immersive, multi-dimensional reading experiences.
Thesis, Extensive Research, Creative Coding, Interactive Installation
INTRODUCTIONThinking of these questions: How is the world recreated by technology? How does this recreated world reconstruct our methods of viewing and thinking? What new forms of midia might exist? What new forms of communication might emerge?
Research PathwayThesis Projects
PROJECT B: OCULAR TRACING
Playscapes, unlike other social spaces, are often overlooked and under-documented. Many visionary projects never moved beyond concept due to political or social constraints, as governments were hesitant to take risks on unconventional ideas. To honor their legacy, the project includes a booklet archiving both built and unbuilt playgrounds, along with the stories of the artists behind them.
PART A: MOVING SCREENS
Moving Screens is an immersive reading environment comprised of flexible, transformable screens that can be arranged to facilitate deeper engagement with, connection to, and retention of information.
When reading books, we naturally form reading maps based on the position of content on the page. But on digital screens, endless scrolling and flat interfaces disrupt our ability to create these maps, affecting deep comprehension. Our reading memory relies on the surrounding space of the content. What if media adapted to this natural process in the future?
THESIS BOOKMy thesis explores how information can be experienced in the future. This dual perspective also shapes the parallel narrative structure of my thesis book.