Maker’s Medium: Amy Fang explores intersection of technology and art through graphic design
Fourth-year Design Media Arts student Amy Fang nurtered an interest in graphic design from her passion for the medium's collaborative nature and its use of typography. Fang creates symmetrical yet puzzling personal works s well as commercial projects for clients like artists, architects, and photographers.
"A love for typography and collaboration led Amy Fang to graphic design.
Graphic design can also present a puzzle for its viewers, according to graphic design professor Willem Lucas. For him, the meaning in Fang’s pieces can shift when juxtaposing one image against another. (Courtesy of Amy Fang) But the fourth-year design media arts student said she began first working with fine arts before her foray into the medium. She experimented with painting and drawing at five years old, and she said those visual arts and other conceptual and performance pieces comprised the portfolio with which she applied to the UCLA program. Students at DMA typically find what medium suits them best over the course of the program, she said.
“(The program) is very centered on new technology and new media,” Fang said. “One quarter you could be doing something in virtual reality, and another quarter 3D animations. … The main priority … is to really create this hybrid artist and designer working in new tech.”"— David Egan, Mar. 12, 2021
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