Typhaine Le Galès

Man & Communication Bachelor at Design Academy Eindhoven

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1. GENERATIVE TYPOGRAPHY

This project is an exploration of type design through a computational approach, using the open-source Processing environment. I was interested in type as a system following a certain grid and how it echoes algorithmic logic. Moreover, in an age were the flow of information is exponentially growing, bringing it to a scale were it becomes hardly graspable, images take on a new role of re-introducing an emotional connection to information. Typography can become vector for materialising sound or be data-driven to create new meaningful, dynamic and interactive experiences.

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2. TEXTURES & MATERIAL SEMANTICS

Designing the material environment of a digital experience is a key matter to increase immersion. As such, I believe that a hands-on approach is necessary alongside computer-based work. Exploring the tactile property of cardboard, designing a whole new aesthetic for a chess game according to the semantics of metal and experimenting with bio-plastics, I work towards understanding the way we perceive materials and its relation to shape. This more intuitive-based approach is also relevant as interfaces grow to be as natural, sensory-based as possible.

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3. TEXTURE IN THE DIGITAL SPACE

As technology evolves and interfaces grow beyond the visual-only, material and digital spaces become increasingly intertwined. This series of experiment reflects on how our brain understand texture without touch according to its reaction to light and physics. I explored this issue through a diversity of medium from 2/3D softwares to coding (using the Javascript library Three.js for 3D web-based graphics). Programming is very different than using a pre-designed interface. It’s about experimenting with the core of what an image is made of and designing your own principles to dictate behaviours of your algorithm which can produce surprising and innovative visual output.

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4. SUGAR BEET : FOOD OR FUEL ?

This project is a concept for an Augmented Reality Experience in the context of an exhibition about sugar at the Schiedam Stedelijk Museum. I researched sugar crops as an alternative to fossile fuel as well as its potential socio-economic impact and designed an AR experience to convey information about a complex future energetic scenario in a dynamic way. Using AR allows for a combination of physical and digital space that engages the visitor to literally explore information, following a non-linear narrative, zooming in on diverse aspects of the matter whilst having a global understanding of the connections between the different actors, places and interests involved.