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Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture

TitleMixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication1997
AuthorsRoxby, E., & Lupton E.
Secondary TitleMuseums and the Web 1997: Proceedings
Conference Start DateMarch 15-19
PublisherArchives & Museum Informatics
Place PublishedLos Angeles, California, USA
EditorBearman, D., & Trant J.
Abstract

This talk will discuss an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, exploring recent trends in graphic imagery (through Feb 17, 1997). The website accompanying the exhibition includes a compendium of 18 home pages chosen from various illustrators and designers as well as a series of highly interactive areas where viewers are invited to send "Webograms", design their own corporate logos, or post a message in the "Fog" room. Web designer Elisabeth Roxby and curator Ellen Lupton discuss the potential of web design as an emerging artform and the process of "virtual collecting".
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