Project Proposal

This project sets out to investigate if methods of interaction can meaningfully improve the experience of comic books. As part of the proposal I wanted to consider books as not merely static objects but as tools for fuelling interactive experiences.

download my original project proposal (pdf)

During the course of this project I performed research to investigate products that have already attempted to confront issues of comics, interaction and technology. This was to inform my design process to identify positive and negative aspects of existing solutions.

Within my primary research I focused on women as my core users. As women have predominantly been overlooked as comic book readers, however I aimed to consider women as potential users and to explore their experiences of comics.

Looking at comics as a medium their established tradition strictly defines the roles of reader and creator: where creators are active in terms of controlling the narrative structure and art style, conversely readers are arguably passive recipients of the imagery presented. I aimed to alter the roles of reader and creator and produced various design concepts around this idea.

Once I had finalised my concept I began a building phase in order to realise my design in the degree show space. This website tracks the process I undertook to create a viable solution to my proposal.