This special episode of the podcast is an in-depth conversation with Corinne Quin, lecturer in design at Goldsmiths – University of London.
Matthew speaks to her about sizegiver - an art and design project which explores the use of standards in an unusual and interesting way.
A sizegiver is an object placed into a photograph to enable judgement of another object’s size or scale. They are mass-produced, designed and standardized objects, which are iconic and familiar, but also commonplace.
Examples of sizegivers include coins, bottle caps, paperclips, matchsticks, coke cans, or golf balls. They create object-object relationships, which communicate scale faster than a ruler, but are are often strange, playful and unusual.
Corinne explains how sizegiving is becoming an international visual shorthand to describe the meaning of images, tell stories and bring communities together.
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This special episode of the podcast is an in-depth conversation with Corinne Quin, lecturer in design at Goldsmiths – University of London. Matthew speaks to her about sizegiver - an art and design project which explores the use of standards in an unusual and interesting way. A sizegiver is an object placed into a photograph to enable judgement of another object’s size or scale. They are mass-produced, designed and standardized objects, which are iconic and familiar, but also commonplace. Examples of sizegivers include coins, bottle caps, paperclips, matchsticks, coke cans, or golf balls. They create object-object relationships, which communicate scale faster than a ruler, but are are often strange, playful and unusual. Corinne explains how sizegiving is becoming an international visual shorthand to describe the meaning of images, tell stories and bring communities together. Content featured in this episode Department of Design | Goldsmiths BSI Student Research Programme Press conference episode | Submit a question Find and follow on social media Get in touch Subscribe Subscribe to The Standards Show Website
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