Design — Stephanie Cui

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With Friends Like These

Today, it is clear that remix culture has only accelerated through the increasing accessibility and breadth of the social web. Insider jokes, viral videos, and participatory media have all proven to supersede the lifespan of their own platform and live well beyond on other platforms and even the real world. These digital phenomena are all categorized under a vague definition of "meme," yet the term feels like an understatement when describing the scale of cultural remixing. Why are we so transfixed on these seemingly insignificant digital symbols? And how does digital culture depart from physical tradition? With Friends Like These seeks to explore a history of the Internet as told by online communities.

RCA Records (Static)

Design and illustration work done under RCA. Works include internal graphics, cover art (Oliver Heldens), illustration (Bleachers, Deante Hitchcock), and social media (Tate McRae, Protoje).

Just Read the Instructions

Digital archive utilising the Smithsonian Public Access library to visualise E.M Forster’s The Machine Stops.

Born to Feel

Zine using 256 images from around the internet. Exploration in tiny moments of intimacy and success through meme culture. Hand-bound with love!

Hey 7

Chat client based off on a combination of open-source and early web chatrooms.

Homo Narrans: A ____ Feeling

Research based project examining self-presentation and the aesthetics of emotion on the internet. Printed on various textures of paper and handbound featuring interviews from friends and relevant essays.

One Woman Show

Inspired by the artistic practice of Yoko Ono, ‘One Woman Show’ is a mock poster series meant to advertise Ono’s show of the same name.

1995

In the mid-90s following the release of her album Post, Björk’s tabloid presence became a formidable slow burn thriller on the dangers of idol worship.

A Lunch for Two

Utilising the Fluxus Manifesto (1963) and the practices of Fluxus era artists, ‘A Lunch for Two’ is a tool box of objects that allow the viewer to design their own copy of the manifesto. This kit intends that the participation is equally as valuable as the work used to produce the kit in the first place.