Abstract
This project began as a single word: trend.
Hats, a children’s story, attempts to reveal the negative impact of trends by creating a world where each day brings a new trend in the hottest accessory—hats. As new hats are donned, the hats of yesterday are quickly discarded. The story highlights, alternately, the value of unique personal expression.
At the start of ENG176, this project simply aimed to define the word ‘trend’ through story. Throughout the remainder of the class further layers were added. The visual, auditory, gestural, spatial, and material modes were used to supplement the linguistic mode. These modes were incorporated in the design of a book cover, sample illustrations, a book trailer, and an immersive children’s museum created in an online VR program. Each of these elements harnessed relevant modes of communication to intentionally engage audiences.
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Hats: Communication through Various Creative Modes
This project began as a single word: trend.
Hats, a children’s story, attempts to reveal the negative impact of trends by creating a world where each day brings a new trend in the hottest accessory—hats. As new hats are donned, the hats of yesterday are quickly discarded. The story highlights, alternately, the value of unique personal expression.
At the start of ENG176, this project simply aimed to define the word ‘trend’ through story. Throughout the remainder of the class further layers were added. The visual, auditory, gestural, spatial, and material modes were used to supplement the linguistic mode. These modes were incorporated in the design of a book cover, sample illustrations, a book trailer, and an immersive children’s museum created in an online VR program. Each of these elements harnessed relevant modes of communication to intentionally engage audiences.