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Selected news about graphic design, photography, film studies and media & interaction design for CV students at ECAL (Lausanne, Switzerland)
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VR Projects @ ECAL MID 2020 – Object, Body, Movement and Environment

VR Projects @ ECAL MID 2020 – Object, Body, Movement and Environment | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Four projects by students at ECAL (Media Interaction Design) explore the possibilities of VR. From alternative interfaces and public space to architectural interface and what its like to experience the environment of yellow ants.
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Callum Abbott on "egalitarian" design, the age of the internet and his striking speculative practice

Callum Abbott on "egalitarian" design, the age of the internet and his striking speculative practice | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
From architecture to anamorphic blobs: we speak to Callum about his many creative outlets, each as thoughtful and questioning as the last.
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The Stories Behind Five Iconic Presidential Campaign Photographs

The Stories Behind Five Iconic Presidential Campaign Photographs | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
As a selection of presidential campaign photographs go on show in the US, curators Sid and Michelle Monroe offer an insight into the making of these images
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Davide Degano’s Beyond the Land of Castles pays tribute to local mountain communities threatened by globalisation

Davide Degano’s Beyond the Land of Castles pays tribute to local mountain communities threatened by globalisation | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
The documentary series captures life in the “forgotten” villages around the Italian and Slovenian borders, as a depiction of emigration and depopulation, and an exploration of the photographer’s heritage.
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Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen : Thomas Ruff

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen : Thomas Ruff | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
With the exhibition Thomas Ruff, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen presents a comprehensive overview of one of the most important representatives of the Düsseldorf School of Photography. The exhibition ranges from series from the 1990s, which document Ruff’s unique conceptual approach to photography, to a new series…
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Jon Emmony designs "Europe's largest AR experience" for Selfridges

Jon Emmony designs "Europe's largest AR experience" for Selfridges | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Jon Emmony has installed a five-storey augmented reality experience, called Digital Falls, in the atrium of Selfridges department store in London.
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Caricature and political cartoons: essential satire or old news?

Caricature and political cartoons: essential satire or old news? | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
As Spitting Image returns to our screens, we explore the long heritage of satirical cartoons and assess whether they’re destined to thrive or become tomorrow’s fish and chip paper.
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The photos capturing the lives of transgender adults over 50

The photos capturing the lives of transgender adults over 50 | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Photographer Jess T. Dugan’s opens ‘Vision 2020’ at Minneapolis Institute of Art, a moving and uplifting exploration of older transgender and gender non-confirming adults
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Gilles de Brock on hand building a CNC to print graphic glazes on ceramic tiles in a highly original design story

Gilles de Brock on hand building a CNC to print graphic glazes on ceramic tiles in a highly original design story | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
What happens when a trained graphic designer takes on the role of engineer and electrician, both of which he knows “nothing” about?
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The struggle for NASA's moon photographs | Photography | Agenda

The struggle for NASA's moon photographs | Photography | Agenda | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
51 years on from Apollo 11's moon landing, we look at how those now iconic photos of the moon reached their audience
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Vivid Botanics and Butterflies Encircle Photographer Fares Micue in Striking Self-Portraits

Vivid Botanics and Butterflies Encircle Photographer Fares Micue in Striking Self-Portraits | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Surrounded by monarchs or a blanket of blue leaves, Fares Micue (previously) captures vividly composed self-portraits. The Spain-based photographer conceals her face and instead focuses on the organic elements surrounding her torso. Whether a series of origami birds or yellow and red twigs resemblin
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Overview Timelapse: A New Book Documents Vast Changes to the Earth’s Surface by Human Hands

Overview Timelapse: A New Book Documents Vast Changes to the Earth’s Surface by Human Hands | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
In a follow-up to the 2016 book Overview featuring stunning imagery of the Earth from above, Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth takes a critical look at the numerous ways humans have completely altered the surface of our planet in a very short time through urban development, climate change,
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Coronavirus et déconfinement : vers un design de l’autorité ? –

Coronavirus et déconfinement : vers un design de l’autorité ? – | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
La journaliste de France info, Élise Lambert a publié ce matin quelques visuels issus des transports en commun parisien et tout y est pour essayer de faire respecter les fameux « gestes barrières » : autocollants, lignes au sol, signalétique, affiches, etc. Depuis plusieurs semaines, notre langage visuel quotidien s’est vu être enrichi sur de…
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L’industrie de la pêche en réalité augmentée : un photoreportage d'un nouveau genre

L’industrie de la pêche en réalité augmentée : un photoreportage d'un nouveau genre | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Scanner les photos de Pierre Vanneste avec votre téléphone vous mènera vers une expérience immersive rare.
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Digital Atmosphere – a Mixed Reality sculpture reacting to air pollution in real time

Digital Atmosphere – a Mixed Reality sculpture reacting to air pollution in real time | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Projects, tools and platforms at the intersection of art, media and technology
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Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism

Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Rohan combines graphic design and art to explore “how the sacred, spiritual qualities present in ancient structures can also apply to the newer, quotidian ones”.
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Diode is a modular type system examining the interplay between positive and negative space

Diode is a modular type system examining the interplay between positive and negative space | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
London-based designer Natasha Lucas and MuirMcNeil collaborated on this new typeface developed into three versions.
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What Rights Does a Model Have Over Her Own Image? + Other Artists'-Rights Questions, Answered

What Rights Does a Model Have Over Her Own Image? + Other Artists'-Rights Questions, Answered | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Who do home makeover shows always blur out the art on the walls? Why isn't Banksy allowed to trademark his work? We're here to help.
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Patagonia Dreaming I / Andy Lee

Patagonia Dreaming I / Andy Lee | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Une première série de photographies numériques et infrarouges réalisées lors du voyage du photographe Andy Lee.
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The Entropy Gardens – A spatiotemporal poem in VR / Depart

The Entropy Gardens – A spatiotemporal poem in VR / Depart | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Created by Vienna based Depart, 'The Entropy Gardens' is an explorative VR experience that challenges one of humanity’s most archetypical art forms – garden making. It explores its myths, aesthetics and modes of perception.
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Tender Portraits of America’s Queer Rodeo

Tender Portraits of America’s Queer Rodeo | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Photographer Luke Gilford opens up about National Anthem: America’s Queer Rodeo, a new book which celebrates and documents the International Gay Rodeo Association
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Inside a Sensual New Photo Book Capturing Lovers in the Californian Desert

Inside a Sensual New Photo Book Capturing Lovers in the Californian Desert | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
Mark McKnight shares the story behind Heaven is a Prison, his new photography book set in the Southern Californian desert
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How video chat fuels the American deportation machine

How video chat fuels the American deportation machine | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
The Verge’s year-long investigation explores the cruel bureaucracy of ICE’s immigrant detention centers. Reporter Gaby Del Valle follows Samuel, a Cameroonian refugee, tracing his journey through the US’s deliberately confusing process to request asylum.
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A Dozing Owl and Tussling Hummingbirds Top the 2020 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition

A Dozing Owl and Tussling Hummingbirds Top the 2020 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
The winning shots from the renowned Bird Photographer of the Year contest capture the mundane moments and extraordinary adventures of our avian neighbors. From a sleepy owl camouflaged by tree bark to a lurching great crested grebe, the stunning birds shown here were chosen out of more than 15,000 e
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Portfolio de l'été : Felipe Schiffrin

Portfolio de l'été : Felipe Schiffrin | What's new in Visual Communication? | Scoop.it
L'Origine est une invitation à découvrir dans ces photographies les textures, les formes et les contrastes d'une terre sauvage et extrême du sud du Chili, au bout du monde. C'est ici que les glaciers, les arbres, les rivières et les montagnes se mêlent en totale…
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