Maine College of Art & Design
BFA Graphic Design
Degree Projects 2024
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Graphic
Design
2,600 Touches
Jackie Heanssler
My ideas started flowing when I spent some time away from a screen. I began to question why I was so hooked on scrolling through social media, and what I was actually seeking satisfaction from. Perhaps I thought that I was missing out on something, and that the next post would fulfill my expectations and allow me to put my phone down. That is of course, never the case. So, for my thesis, I settled on the idea of interaction and communication working hand in hand, and that the connection between me and the content I was consuming was the driving force behind my fixation on screens. I have always found print based media like books, and different paper textures to be compelling because of the tactile experience you feel when interacting with it. I began to wonder whether it was possible to find the same satisfaction away from the screen, and instead, with print based media, in hopes of finding out why screens are so invasive in my day to day life.