Sept 9
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Sept 9 Schedule for Uncreative Designing | |
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3:00 | Class Performance & Critique of new objects |
4:20 | Break |
4:30 | Semiotics Lecture & Object Sorting |
5:20 | Discussion of The Terrifying Beauty of Absence |
6:00 | Use the remaining time to make static two-dimensional representations of each of your objects. |
Readings for Today:
- Alexander D'Hooghe The Terrifying Beauty of Absence
- This might be one of the best essays I've read in my entire life.
- Byung-Chul Han 한병철 複製 Fuzhi: Copy from Shanzhai
Semiotics Lexicon:
- Signifier
- Signified
- Icon a signifier that physically resembles the thing it represents. e.g., ☎, ????
- Index a signifier with a direct link to what it represents. e.g., ☠, ⌛
- Symbol an arbitrary signifier with no resemblance or link to what it represents. The meaning of a symbol must be learned. e.g., ☮, ☣, ????
- Morpheme the smallest meaningful lexical item in a language. "Unbreakable" is composed of three morphemes: un- (a bound morpheme signifying "not"), break (the root, a free morpheme), and -able (a bound morpheme signifying "an ability to be done").
- Ideogram a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. e.g., 42 and 果.
- Pictogram/Pictograph a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. e.g. ????, ☺
- Logogram a sign or character representing a word or phrase, such as those used in shorthand and some writing systems. e.g. &, $, %