Dynamic Pages

Visuals

Starting Image
Ending Image
Beginning of both compositions together
Ending image of both compositions together

Project Statement

In our project we wanted to bring attention to the idea of what it means to be better apart than together, specifically for people who are in a romantic relationship. We decided to do the Sun and Earth because we wanted the viewer to understand our narrative from a completely different stand point than just two people being portrayed, because in all reality, relationships are not just made up of one man and one woman, so doing something that is abstract forces the viewer to really dive in deeper into the meaning of the composition but also the music that goes along with the planet’s movements. We wanted to bring attention to how the physical state of two individuals being together is more explosive and disruptive compared to them being apart from each other and in their own spaces. We did this by using color and movement of the paper mechanisms to show how the physical space plays a huge role in the story. The Sun does not need the Earth but the Earth needs the Sun, playing on this idea that sometimes one person is holding onto the relationship while the other is walking away.

Process

View detailed project process at Dynamic Pages: Process

Reflection

I really loved our approach to this project, it was really interesting to go through the thought process together and see how each person approaches design in different ways. Luckily my partner and I tend to make our designs based off of our own personal lives so that really worked well for us when it came to brainstorming an abstract idea. Just like all partner or group projects you never know what may happen…even though my partner and I had great brainstorming and communication, things fell through between us making it difficult to fully extinguish the project that both of us would’ve liked to. In design I’ve learned that you have to be able to work around/with other people constantly and the control is not always in your hands. I think the last minute falling out between my partner and I got the best of us and we put our best effort in to create something that showed our thinking but at the end of the day I think both of us would’ve liked to redo the final composition, which is okay.