N.02 Certainly Uncertain

N.02 – Spring 2018 Issue – Certainly Uncertain

CERTAINLY UNCERTAIN

“Uncertainty in design creates opportunities to engage in the exploration of invisible problems.”

How do we conceptualize and make for the indefinite and unstable? What happens when we are tasked with designing for an uncertain future? Uncertainty in design creates opportunities to engage in the exploration of invisible problems.

This ambiguity transcends existing frameworks and processes while considering what could be rather than what should be. For this issue of And So, we are investigating how uncertainty pushes us to look beyond tangible things towards alternative questions or systems as they may exist in the future, thereby allowing more room for our experimentation and critique.

ISSUE TWO: SPRING 2018

Designing an Experiential Visual Language for Conveying Uncertainty
by Mac Hill
During the 2016 presidential election, The New York Times’ election coverage incorporated...

Toying with Gender: Doll Studies Amidst the Internet of Toys
by Krithika Sathyamurthy
Toys are artifacts that encourage children’s expression, fantasy, interest, exploration, education, cognitive...

Designing Tools to Facilitate actions for Online Communities
by Bree McMahon
The ability to hold collaborative conversations is crucial to supporting sustainable and...

Rotate Your Thinking
by Rachael L. Paine
We were charged to rethink and redesign the culture of graphic...

Protect the User: Designing for Security
by Jessye Holmgren-Sidell
We are all activists now,” says cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick in her...

Unite to Divide, then Divide to Unite
by Ashamsa Mathew
We were tasked with creating the beginnings of a sovereign identity system...

Improvisational Structures: From Jazz Music to Design and Development
by Ellis Anderson
Improvisation can be described as the process of thinking and acting on...

Establishing New Procedures to Address the Cultural Implications of Algorithmic Bias
by Shadrick Addy
Historically, African Americans have been subjected to racial discrimination and prejudice, an...

A Customized Service Design For People With Type 2 Diabetes That Supports Making Healthy Food Choices
by Grace Anne Foca
When medical professionals diagnose patients with type 2 diabetes, they typically...

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Launched in Spring 2017, And So is a publication from the Masters of Graphic Design (MGD) program at North Carolina State University. The journal highlights scholarship by MGD students and alumni that examines the cultural contexts of design and the influence of end users.

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