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The Role of Design in Picturebooks: Meaning, Image-Making & Typography

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dc.contributor.advisorWong, Wendy Siuyi
dc.creatorSaghir, Saarah Ahmed
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T16:20:43Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T16:20:43Z
dc.date.copyright2019-04-09
dc.date.issued2019-07-02
dc.date.updated2019-07-02T16:20:43Z
dc.degree.disciplineDesign
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMDes - Master of Design
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the role of design in producing unique experiences through the medium of contemporary picturebooks. The nature of the picturebooks format, in which text and image are combined, lends itself well to a design analysis. Furthermore, examining picturebooks through the lens of design adds a critical new perspective to current work in the field. Award-winning picturebooks were selected for a visual analysis, focusing on the formal elements, design principles, and compositions of the books and their affect on the meaning of the text and the readers experience of the visual narrative. Additionally, through a series of design experiments, the relationships between typography and imagery in picturebooks is explored. Through this research, this project investigates the designed form of the picturebook and the impact of design decisions on the overall visual narrative. This research demonstrates how the careful consideration of design principles can inform and benefit the process of creating picturebooks, and could lead to more practitioners in the field adopting a design-oriented approach to picturebooks.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36306
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectAesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsPicturebooks
dc.subject.keywordsSemiotics
dc.subject.keywordsVisual grammar
dc.subject.keywordsVisual language
dc.subject.keywordsVisual narrative
dc.subject.keywordsExpressive typography
dc.subject.keywordsVisual analysis
dc.subject.keywordsPicture books
dc.subject.keywordsMeaning
dc.subject.keywordsIntentional design
dc.subject.keywordsColour theory
dc.subject.keywordsShapes
dc.subject.keywordsPerspective
dc.subject.keywordsDesign elements
dc.subject.keywordsDesign principles
dc.subject.keywordsComposition
dc.subject.keywordsFormal elements
dc.subject.keywordsIllustration
dc.subject.keywordsVisual art
dc.subject.keywordsForm
dc.subject.keywordsChildren's literature
dc.subject.keywordsFairytales
dc.subject.keywordsFolklore
dc.subject.keywordsChildren's books
dc.subject.keywordsStorytelling
dc.subject.keywordsTypography
dc.subject.keywordsGame design
dc.subject.keywordsDigital games
dc.subject.keywordsInteraction design
dc.subject.keywordsCard game
dc.subject.keywordsStorytelling in games
dc.subject.keywordsInteractive narrative
dc.subject.keywordsNon-sequential narrative
dc.subject.keywordsMultimodality
dc.subject.keywordsGestalt
dc.subject.keywordsDesign framework
dc.subject.keywordsVisual literacy
dc.subject.keywordsCreative process
dc.subject.keywordsDesign process
dc.titleThe Role of Design in Picturebooks: Meaning, Image-Making & Typography
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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