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Artist Statement An engaging experience in language and interface, the Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus is an artistic exploration that is also a learning tool. Through its dynamic interface,it alters our relationship with language, creating poetry through user action, dynamic typography, and design. The experience is rewarding from both a linguistic and an aesthetic perspective. Visitors to the site encounter a swirling nebula of words connected by a series of fine lines that represent sense relationships. Each click brings in more words from a connected database, creating a web of relationships that demonstrate linguistic associations and dependencies. Word forms that are more related become brighter and closer, those that are less related disappear from the display. |
Artist Biography Marc Tinkler Creative Director, Plumb Design, Inc. Marc Tinkler is Plumb Design's Chief Technology Officer and Creative Director. Having studied architecture and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Tinkler brings a unique perspective to the study of digital media. Before forming Plumb Design, Mr. Tinkler worked as chief technologist at Razorfish.
Mr. Tinkler's writings and works have appeared in Progressive Architecture,
The New York Times, and the ACSA Journal. His blend of design and programming
skills allow him to create digital design directly in object-oriented
code. Tinkler has produced digital design for AT&T, AOL, Time Warner,
The Smithsonian Institution, and Microsoft. For the Smithsonian Institution,
Tinkler developed a prototype for an online exhibition devoted to material
culture that established a new standard for online museum explorations.
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