Jiaren's Pre Personal Research
- Jiaren Tang
- 2021年2月22日
- 讀畢需時 13 分鐘
已更新：2021年5月5日
2021-02-08
In the first two weeks, in order to discover some directions, I have reviewed the graduation design exhibition of some graphic design students in art colleges like MICA, CCA, UAL successively, and found that the design projects that I am interested in are mostly talking about some social problems or personal thoughts of the world.
“Information Cocoons” from 2019 Graduation Exhibition of Nanjing College of Art
“Episode” from 2020 Graduation Exhibition of Tama Art University
A few days later, when I was browsing online forums I came across a post on the topic of "My WeChat friend has died for two years. Should I unfriend him?”
The Topic and Some Comments from Zhihu Forum
This topic reminds me of a data analysis report I read before, which said that,‘In the near future, the number of dead people on Facebook will outnumber the number who are alive.’
So I went back to find this report: In 2013, Whatif, a popular science website, presented a model (below), with the top half representing the near future will be around 2065 if Facebook is no longer popular; and the second half represents the near future will be about 2130 with Facebook's continued popularity.
From Whatif
From Fusion
Global Accumulation of Dead Profiles
Big Data and Society
2021-02-22
KEY WORDS
User Interface Design, Social Network, Digital Cemetery, Digital Information Heritage
WHAT IS YOUR DESIGN RESEARCH QUESTION ?
No matter how fast the number of active users on social network grows, it will eventually stop growing. Though the growth of dead users is slow, it never stops. This raises the question of whether the social network that stands at the top of netflow today will be the biggest digital cemetery in a few decades.
WHY IS THIS AREA OF DESIGN IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR FUTURE AS A DESIGNER ?
During my undergraduate years, I have participated in design internships in companies such as Alibaba, Bytedance, Himalaya, PricewaterhouseCoopers, etc. After two years of exploration, I decided to work in the UED Department of an Internet company after graduation. The first reason is that I love the corporate culture of China's younger generation. The second reason is that I have a desire for higher wages to earn myself a living in first-tier cities in China. Most UED departments of Internet companies focus on UI design and UX design. In order to adapt to the market trend, I hope to explore the UI design field during my graduation project, so as to enrich the form and content of my portfolio.
WHAT THEMES ARE YOU PLANNING ON EXPLORING ?
What I wanted to explore was a virtual solution. One day in the future, people will make a formal plan to solve the problem of digital information heritage left by deceased people on social networks. This plan will be unknown until the future comes, but obviously it will go through many attempts and explorations, and the virtual solution I want to explore will also be one of them. It will be a question combined of humanity, ethics, morality and technology. At the same time, the call for legislation on digital information heritage is also increasing year by year with the increasing number of deceased people on social networks in the Internet age. Legislation of the Information Legacy Law will one day become another milestone event in the process of human civilization after the beginning of the Internet era and the rise of social platforms. We again, going through the information explosion era, can leave behind our individual memories more simply and independently, like those historic giants, thus enable the generation after generation to think of, find us, and remember us. And then, we won’t have to go through ‘the third death’ said by David Eagleman.
*In David Eagleman's novel Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives says, A man dies three times in his life: the first time is when he dies, he is biologically dead; The second time is when he is buried, people come to his funeral in memory of his life, he is socially dead; The third time is when the last person who remembers him pass away, and then he is really dead.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CARRY THIS OUT?
I want to design a virtual online platform, perhaps a web page or a mobile phone app, which can involve the following contents:
1. Collect and organize the contents (such as pictures, videos, forum topics, etc.) published on the main social media accounts used by the deceased people before their death.
2. Establish an encryption system to keep the account names and passwords of deceased people and some other private digital information heritage.
3. Establish a succession relationship between the deceased and the custodian, and to facilitate the proper disposal of digital estates (e.g. public vs private, transfer vs donation, etc.)
4. Provide a place (like a little black box) for each deceased person to tell their life stories to future generations. I believe that every ordinary life is worth cherishing and recording.
WHAT RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WILL YOU USE AND WHY?
Topic divergence method: the method of topic diffusion is to expand the topic suitable for one's own point of view by starting from the perspectives of society, environment, culture, family relations, economy and so on.
Case study method: Case study method has three basic types: individual investigation, group investigation and question investigation. Researchers can choose the right type of research according to their own needs. According to their own identified research objects in a specific object to conduct investigation and analysis, to make clear its characteristics and the main formation process. It is a very practical research method.
Investigation method: the most investigation method is to use historical method, observation method and other methods, through a purposeful, planned and systematic way to collect data, and these data analysis, comparison and induction to reveal the essence of the method. Survey method is a research method to collect data in written form, which can be distributed and mailed to relevant personnel, and then the answers can be recovered and sorted out, and the answers can be statistically and studied.
WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE?
2021-03-01
During this week, I did some research online trying to find out as many terms related to digital information heritage. I also collected some websites which have already published the policy to deal with deceased person's account. I've listed them below.
According to the recommendation from Michelle and Mike, I've also reviewed the TV series 'Years and Years' and 'Black Mirror' from HBO, BBC and Netflix.
Bethany Bisme from 'Years and Years'
Be Right Back from 'Black Mirror'
From あなたのばんです anata no ban desu
Wash Your Hands
2021-03-08
Transhuman
FM-2030/ Are You Transhuman?5
2021-03-15
Futurism未来主义
Concept概念
未来主义是现代西方流行的社会思潮，旨在根据人类以往的发展和科学知识来预言、预测未来社会发展的前景，以便控制和规划目前的进程，更好地适应未来。
Futurism is an avant-garde movement founded in Milan in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. Its key figures were the Italians Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Fortunato Depero, Gino Severini, Giacomo Balla, and Luigi Russolo.
Focusing on progress and modernity, the Futurists sought to sweep away traditional artistic notions and replace them with an energetic celebration of the machine age. Focus was placed on creating a unique and dynamic vision of the future and artists incorporated portrayals of urban landscapes as well as new technologies such as trains, cars, and airplanes into their depictions. Speed, violence, and the working classes were all glorified by the group as ways to advance change and their work covered a wide variety of artforms, including architecture, sculpture, literature, theatre, music, and even food.
Background背景
一场全球范围内的新科技革命在第二次世界大战后勃然兴起，未来主义就是由此应运而生的。其发展经过三个阶段：第一阶段是40年代，社会发展理论以政治发展为主，反映了对极权主义的恐惧和批判，代表人物有赫胥黎、奥威尔等；第二阶段是50年代和60年代，以讨论经济发展为主题，反映了战后经济恢复时期和60年代经济大发展时期的特点，代表人物有加尔布雷斯、罗斯托和阿隆等；第三阶段是70年代以后，以科技发展为基本格调，反映了对新技术革命与人类未来生活图景的反省，代表人物有罗马俱乐部的成员丹尼尔·贝尔、赫尔曼·卡恩、阿尔温·托夫勒、布热津斯基和奈斯比特等。
Futurism was invented, and predominantly based, in Italy, led by the charismatic poet Marinetti. The group was at its most influential and active between 1909 and 1914 but was re-started by Marinetti after the end of the First World War. This revival attracted new artists and became known as second generation Futurism. Although most prominent in Italy, Futurist ideas were utilized by artists in Britain (informing Vorticism), the US and Japan and Futurist works were displayed all over Europe. Russian Futurism is usually considered a separate movement, although some Russian Futurists did engage with the earlier Italian movement.
To some extent Futurism influenced the art movements Art Deco, Constructivism, Surrealism, and Dada, and to a greater degree Precisionism, Rayonism, and Vorticism.
Manifesto宣言
《未来主义者宣言》/《未来主义的创立和宣言》
Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism
意大利诗人菲利波·托马索·马里内蒂 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti最早于1909年发表《未来主义者宣言》一文，宣扬他的艺术观点。马里内蒂总结了未来主义的一些基本原则，包括对陈旧思想的憎恶，尤其是对陈旧的政治与艺术传统的憎恶。马里内蒂和他的追随者们表达了对速度、科技和暴力等元素的狂热喜爱。汽车、飞机、工业化的城镇等等在未来主义者的眼中充满魅力，因为这些象征着人类依靠技术的进步征服了自然。
The Manifesto of Futurism (Italian: Manifesto del Futurismo) is a manifesto written by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and published in 1909. Marinetti expresses an artistic philosophy called Futurism that was a rejection of the past and a celebration of speed, machinery, violence, youth and industry. It also advocated the modernization and cultural rejuvenation of Italy.
“We rebel against the supine admiration of old canvases, old statues, and old objects, and against the enthusiasm for all that is worm-eaten, dirty and corroded by time.”
《未来主义绘画宣言》
1910年3月8日画家波丘尼Umberto Boccioni、卡拉Carlo Carrà、巴拉Giacomo Balla等也响应地发表了《未来主义画家宣言》，4月初又发表了《未来主义绘画技巧宣言》宣言表明，他们的绘画技巧，从本质上说仍然来源于立体主义。他们在立体主义多视点的基础上加上了表现速度和时间的因素。
Boccioni's sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Balla's painting Abstract Speed + Sound
Russolo's The Art of Noises
Representative Personage代表人物
贾科莫·巴拉(Giacomo Balla)（1871～1958）
贾科莫· 巴拉1871年生于都灵，是意大利画家，未来派最杰出的人物。他先是以学院式绘画崭露头角，受到当时评论界的赞赏。在巴黎的暂短逗留使他看到印象派和分色主义，对色和光的总是表现出狂热兴趣。回到罗马以后，他拜访了塞维里尼和波丘尼,把自己的新信念告诉了他们。
Giacomo Balla (18 July 1871 – 1 March 1958) was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism. In his paintings he depicted light, movement and speed. He was concerned with expressing movement in his works, but unlike other leading futurists he was not interested in machines or violence with his works tending towards the witty and whimsical.
吉诺·塞维里尼(Gino Severini，1883-1966)
1906年，他迁居巴黎，与许多现代艺术名流如布拉克、毕加索、杜菲等人交往。塞韦里尼的未来主义观点，除了体现在1910年他签了名的未来主义画家宣言及技法宣言里外，还体现在他发表于1913年的自己的那份宣言里。在这一宣言中，他强调“客观物体不复存在”，号召在艺术上摧毁“物质统一”观念。他的作品，不仅受到他的未来派同行的启迪，更受到立体派的影响。1915年以后，他转向了立体主义。也许可以说，他与立体主义关系更加密切 。
Gino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. During his career he worked in a variety of media, including mosaic and fresco. He showed his work at major exhibitions, including the Rome Quadrennial, and won art prizes from major institutions.
卡洛·卡拉 (Carlo Carrà, 1881-1966年)
出生在意大利夸戈朗托，早年学习装饰画。25岁时来到米兰结识了马里内蒂、波丘尼等未来主义艺术家，并参与签署未来派宣言。1913年他自己发表宣言，提倡“有音乐、嘈杂声和嗅觉的绘画”，成为未来主义的主要人物。卡拉从立体主义那里借来了结构和浅灰色调，同时试图在其严谨结构中加进人群的运动。在他的创作中引进一些字词，充分发挥造型魅力。当他结识抽象画创始人之一吉里柯时发现在表现最简单不过的对象时，找到绘画迷人的魅力。他说过：大发慈悲地充满着我们灵魂的都是那些最常用的物品。因为平常的事物无不具有朴实无华的特点，即最奇妙的艺术的秘密所在。
Giacomo Balla (18 July 1871 – 1 March 1958) was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism. In his paintings he depicted light, movement and speed. He was concerned with expressing movement in his works, but unlike other leading futurists he was not interested in machines or violence with his works tending towards the witty and whimsical.
Modern Cases现代案例
随着时尚与艺术世界的内在联系，这种未来主义哲学适应了时尚，开始将元素的减少和抽象等同于美和未来主义。
Wassily Kandinsky，Circles in Circles，1923
20世纪著名的“阿波罗”登月使1960年代的整整10年里，对于宇宙的神往成为整个社会的设计主题，由太空、宇航为主题的未来主义风格女性服饰应运而生。如头盔般的头型、金属光泽的面料、透明塑料、贴身皮革等等成了1960年代未来主义风格服饰的标志。
Apollo program leading to some futuristic clothing in the 1960s such as helmet-like head, metallic sheen fabric, transparent plastic, close-fitting leather.
1998年德国电影《罗拉快跑》(Lola rennt，Run Lola Run)：一个女人如何拼命尽力的抢救她的爱人——一部令人屏息、兴奋的影片，爱欲生死将完全改观，三个并行的故事情节，一样的速度感，不确定性的未来，甚至包括一头红发，未来主义的全部元素在这个电影中体现的淋漓尽致。
Run Lola Run (German: Lola rennt) is a 1998 German experimental thriller film. The film was written and directed by Tom Tykwer, and stars Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend's life.
冢本晋也 Shinya Tsukamoto つかもと しんや
马里内蒂至今仍有很多思想上的追随者，例如日本导演冢本晋也“人体金属化”的艺术主张在其影片《铁男》（Tetsuo: The Ironman, 1989）中有所体现。
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男, Tetsuo) is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk body horror film. It was written, produced, edited, and directed by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto, and produced by Japan Home Video. It is shot in the same low-budget, underground-production style as his first two films. Tetsuo established Tsukamoto internationally and created his worldwide cult following. It was followed by Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009).
未来风格与实验主义设计先锋，安德烈·库雷热（André Courrèges）头盔般的沙宣头、飞行员同款平底鞋、闪烁着金属光泽的面料、透明塑胶PVC、贴身的皮革等60年代“未来主义”的标志。
1964-1968年，库雷热推出“太空时代”（Space Age）系列设计。无论是裙装还是裤装，都线条笔直、简洁实用。
André Courrèges, (born March 9, 1923, Pau, France—died January 7, 2016, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), dress designer who first made a reputation in the Parisian fashion world of the 1960s for futuristic, youth-oriented styles.
Vasjen·Katro瓦萨扬·卡特罗：“身处在未来的伊始，可以指引设计的未来。”这种极具未来风格的海报被定义为一种称之“Baugasm”的设计风格，即：包豪斯+未来主义。而创造并定义这种设计风格的设计师就是瓦萨扬·卡特罗。
‘Baugasm’ is a self-initiated project by Albanian designer Vasjen Katro, challenging himself to use different styles to create a unique poster every day for an entire year.
2016年，瓦萨扬开始就在instagram上发表“挑战365天”创作系列——每天创作一篇海报。这也是他迅速身名大噪的原因之一。他成为了全球第一个365天不间断海报创作发起人，随后效仿者无数。目前活动发起已过两年，热情未减。
意大利时尚媒体NSS Magazine 最近还以“Humanoids”为名，为Louis Vuitton拍摄了一组创意十足的2019SS配饰特辑。“类人类机器人”更是营造出外星人在街头的奇幻景象。
Joe Colombo
1983年著名出版商劳埃德•顿（Lloyd Dunn）提出了一个概念：复古未来主义（Retro-futurism），是指当代艺术中对早期的未来主义设计风格的模仿。该设计风格将复古风格和具有科技色彩的未来主义风格相结合，通常反映了早期艺术家对未来的构想，如同现实的平行时空一般。
复古未来主义设计风格的电影海报，美国布鲁塞尔的插画家 Laurent Durieux作品。
波兰设计师Ada Zielinska的未来主义海报设计
Instagram filter: Beauty3000
Key words of futurism MotionBoard 未来主义情绪板关键词
High brightness colors 高明度色彩
Gradient and color transitions 渐变与颜色过渡
Abstract design 抽象图案
Holographic element 全息元素
Reflective elements 反光元素
2021-03-22
This week, I went back to my original topic 'digital information heritage' and learned some of the basics knowledge of UI.
While learning this, I accumulated some UI terms, translate them from Chinese into English and started thinking about what my future UI would include, such as the welcome page, login/register page, home page/main page, etc.
And then, I've drawn some UI sketches with the exist applications references such as Clubhouse, Instagram, Monzo, NTS, etc.
I reopened the web page that had inspired me at first, which is https://www.zhihu.com/question/375737916
请问朋友去世了，微信要删除吗？
关注者4849
被浏览9114955
回答数1859
My friend passed away, should I delete his/her WeChat?
4849 followers
Been viewed 9114955
Answer number 1859
In China, WeChat is a common social software with 1.2 billion users. People chat, share music, share videos, repost articles, post status and news on this social platform.
In this post "My friend passed away, should I delete WeChat?", most of the writers who responded highly are trying to remember their lost friends, relatives and loved ones in their own way.
Many of them referred to the film Coco (寻梦环游记). The background of the film Coco is the "Day of the Dead" in Mexico, and the thinking about life and death is very profound. The deceased people will become the dead and go to the lower world. They will not disappear, but when no one remembers them in the higher world, they really disappear.
They also mentioned a quote From David Eagleman's novel Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives:
A man dies three times in his life: the first time when he dies, he died biologically; The second time is when he is buried, people come to his funeral, to cherish the memory of his life, he died in the society; The third time is when the last person who remembers him pass away, and then he is really dead.
Most people choose not to delete a deceased person's WeChat, because by doing so, many of the memories they shared together can never be retrieved. Someone said: "After theses deceased leave this world, isn't it too cold to have his social media account deleted?" "Or" I don't want to forget him, so I'll keep him in my friends list until I'm gone."
They want to preserve the bits and pieces left by the deceased in this world in their own way, and protect these bits and pieces with their lives until their own lives also pass away.
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