Design history has been profoundly influenced by technology. But the essential product of our work, discrete visual communication fixed upon a two or three-dimensional surface, remained largely unchanged by technological innovation until the digital age. Dynamic media, its history rooted in computation, changed the product of our work into infinitely scalable, ever changing, data-driven forms of modular communication that can be visual, aural, and interactive.
- How does this historical shift affect the future of design? Communication?
- How do we contextualize the history of dynamic media for design students?
- How are graphic designers shaping dynamic media?
- What can design institutions do to influence the future of dynamic media?
