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This is not a difinition book of Order and Disorder. I talk about how these two terms exist in my eyes, how they exist in visual world, how do they affect people behaviors, how do they exist in nature. This is a class project in RISD Graphic Design department, MFA.
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Lehu Zhang
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Lehu Zhang
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This book talks about Order and Disorder
in my eyes. It was a happy accident when
I start to notice this topic. I did a typogra-
phy poster for an assignment of my class.
I just randomly setted all the types in one
poster, some were in order, and some were
not. After finished poster, I got some ques-
tions for myself.
Visualy, does order creates a sense of
beauty? Does disorder breaks it?
“ This is NOT a definition book of Order and Disorder. ”
ABUOT TIHS BOOK ......
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TBALE OF CONTNETS
01 | preface
can yuo raed this ?
03 | question 1
waht is oredr and dsiodrer ?
21 | question 2
how dose oredr & dsiodrer afefct pepole ?
33 | question 3
how do pepole aruond me dfeine tehm ?
53 | question 4
how dose enivornment dfeine tehm ?
63 | ending
about conclusion
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CAN yUOrAEd TIHS?preface
If yuo can raed tihs, you hvae a sgtrane mnid, too. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uin-ervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotlv mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Waht is oredranddsiodrer?question 1
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A condition in which each thing is prop-erly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement.
OrEdr IS......
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Order exists in every corners of our lives.
Usually, people describe the order as pos-
itive, and its opposite, disorder, naturally
as negative. For example, orderly traffic
is good, the gridlocked traffic is bad. It is
a general consensus of most of us. In fact,
the order exists in many different areas.
For example, in visual design, we always
could relate some works to either order or
disorder. But, do you really think the order
is good, and the disorder is bad?
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LOOK AT ......
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Two graphics on Page 5 and 6. Could you
decide which one is ordered and which
one is disordered? How do you feel the
graphic from Page 7 and 8? Which one do
you think is ordered? The graphic on Page
7 is an exactly same copy from Page 6,
but compare to the graphic in Page 8, it ’s
obviously more ordered.
In my opinions, order and disorder don’t
exist individually by itself; they are
related. In the visual world, it ’s hard
simply to say work A is in order, or work B
isn’t. We always need to bring two pieces
together and compare them. Then, we can
say, compare with A, B is disordered, but
compare with C, B is ordered.
IN TEH v IUSAL wOLrd,
wHTEEHr “OrEdr” Or
“ d S I O d r E r ” , T H E g A O L
IS TO CrAETE A KN Id OF
BUAETy. TEHy prSEENT A
FOrm OF ArT ANd dE ISgN,
ANd ASLO A STLyE . TEHy
ArE rETALEd wT IH ECAH
OTEHr , ANd CAN NOT
ExS IT INdpEENEdNTLy.
IN TEH v IUSAL wOLrd, wHTEEHr “OrEdr” Or “ d S I O d r E r ” , T H E g A O L IS TO CrAETE A KN Id OF BUAETy. TEHy prSEENT A FOrm OF ArT ANd dE ISgN, ANd ASLO A STLyE . TEHy ArE rETALEd wT IH ECAH OTEHr , ANd CAN NOT ExS IT INdpEENEdNTLy.
IN TEH v IUSAL wOLrd,
wHTEEHr “OrEdr” Or
“ d S I O d r E r ” , T H E g A O L
IS TO CrAETE A KN Id OF
BUAETy. TEHy prSEENT A
FOrm OF ArT ANd dE ISgN,
ANd ASLO A STLyE . TEHy
ArE rETALEd wT IH ECAH
OTEHr , ANd CAN NOT
ExS IT INdpEENEdNTLy.
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When you look at stars in the sky, what
will you do? For me, I will try to find some
zodiacs, or, find some shapes among stars.
Why people do that?
When people see some disordered thing,
they always want to find something
ordered from it. For example the graphic
on the right page. The dots were copied
from page 8, they were just randomly
arrange there. But, I found some shapes
from it. It seems there’s a dog or horse
there. Isn’t that interesting?
It’s our nature, to find order from disorder.
Because we want and love to discover
things. We love possibility.
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Possibility......
howdoesoredr &dsiodrerafefctpepole?question 2
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Refers to the range of behaviors exhibited by humans and which are influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, coercion and / or genetics.
hmuan bheavoir ......
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My Desktop in order
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My Desktop in disorder
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In psychology, philosophy, and their many
subsets, emotion is the generic term for sub-
jective, conscious experience that is char-
acterized primarily by psychophysiological
expressions, biological reactions, and
mental states. Emotion is often associated
and considered reciprocally influential
with mood, temperament, personality, dis-
position, and motivation.
In general common view, an ordered envi-
ronment, or arrangement could let people
feel good and comfortable. People will feel
nervous, uncomfortable, and lost in an
disordered/chaos environment.
“I always try my best to keep my desktop icons in order. I can’t work with a messy computer desktop. My nature forces me to clean it up. And I think I am an ordered guy. I want my books arrange in order, I want my talble clean, and I put my clothes in order. It’s hard to say it’s good or bad, I’m just living like that.”
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This is nice......
howdo pepolearuond medfeinetehm?question 3
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Look around me, what could represent peo-
ple’s behaviors about order and disorder?
Apparently, desktop, nomatter real desk or
computer desktop.
I interviewed some of my friends. I asked
some “insteresting” questions which relate
to the subject, and asked their’s computer
desktop’s screen shot and desk’s photos.
Answers were really insteresing, and I real-
ized each person had different perspectives,
and their desktops could reflect it .
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IntervIew wIth
Graduate student in Graphic Design (RISD) .
Former Web Designer and Web Strategist
Jerel Johnson
do you describe yourself as an ordered people or disordered?
I like chance and dress disorderly to a degree but am otherwise fairly ordered in terms of
how and where I allocate things so I tend to tell people I’m “ordered” when they ask.
do you organize your desktop icons in order? How?
Desktop icons are minimal at best. I like an uncluttered desktop. There are two: 1. A shortcut
to my most commonly trafficked folder. 2. A text file for quick notes, sort of like a scratch
pad. The icons in my dock which I do keep exposed are ordered to a degree, roughly speak-
ing: web browsers, text editors, calendar, design applications, skype, music Apps, calculator,
and other miscellaneous. I’ve skipped a few but the screenshot serves as a good map.
do you organize your books in order? How?
I used to when I lived in NYC. But since we moved to Providence I really don’t organize on
the shelves. That said, the bookcases themselves are loosely organized: fiction, non-fiction,
design books, academic resources, and a miscellaneous or mixed shelf.
Have your parents ever told you to put stuffs in order? if yes, what did they say?
Yeah, but I can’t remember. I’m sure it was along the lines of “Pick up or stuff or we’ll throw
it away.”
do you feel uncomfortable if you sitting in a really messy room? Why?
If I can’t walk on the floor because of the clutter then yes. I recently had this experience at
someone else’s home and I could not believe that they lived that way. I was astonished. If the
place is clean but has some clutter I don’t really mind. That’s another thing to think about –
the difference between dirt and disorder. Disorder as long as it doesn’t get in my way I’m ok
with (dirt, not so much).
do you think keeping things in order is good for mood, people, or world?
I think the world needs a healthy mix of both and that a global top down approach in the
name of order will never be achieved. That’s not to say that I am OK with countries not
getting their act together around critical issues. I’d like to see some order there. But I don’t
think “a place for everything and everything in its place” is a good way to think about people
so much. It’s good for sailing. But for people, I would ask “Who decides what my place should
be?” It’s complicated!
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Jerel Johnson’s Desktop
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do you describe yourself as an ordered people or disordered?
Both, but more of an ordered person.
do you organize your desktop icons in order? How?
Yes, by used frequency and functions.
do you organize your books in order? How?
Yes, by different categories.
do you organize your closet in order? How?
Yes, By sizes. Larger to smaller, from left to right.
Have your parents ever told you to put stuffs in order? if yes, what did they say?
They did all the time. “ Your table is so messy, clean it up! ”
do you feel uncomfortable if you sitting in a really messy room? Why?
No, totally not, I feel irritating.
do you think keeping things in order is good for mood, people, or world?
It depends…personally, it’s about your own habits, public wise, or for work, it’s a
matter of efficiency.
IntervIew wIth
Web & UX designer
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Hyunjin Kim’s working space
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do you describe yourself as an ordered people or disordered?
I think I’m the one in between.
do you organize your desktop icons in order? How?
Yes, I order my desktop by subjuct.
do you organize your books in order? How?
Yes, hmmm, maybe by size.
do you organize your closet in order? How?
Yes, by my requency of use.
Have your parents ever told you to put stuffs in order? if yes, what did they say?
My parents always tell me to organize my stuff. I say I have my own way to organize things
eventhough it doesn’t look like quite organized.
do you feel uncomfortable if you sitting in a really messy room? Why?
Not really.
do you think keeping things in order is good for mood, people, or world?
I don’t think it’s always good. It dependes on so many things.
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Yoon Kim’s working space
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Yoana Wiman’s working space
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Well, another kind of desktop
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in natrue ......
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In our environment, we can see lots of
examples about order and disorder, from
animals, urban cities, farms, street views,
super markets, etc. Many many examples
tell us a fact, nomatter order or disorder,
they exist in our environments, in our lives.
Look at the city we live, houses arrange
one by one from each other. Look at birds
in the sky, they are lining up and flying.
Look at farms, squares by squares, that’s
the order. But we can also see a lot dis-
orders. Leaf has symatrical patterns, but
when they fall down on the land, they are
disordered. People will discuss which one
is better. I would say there won’t be any
answer about this question.
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I honestly don’t think I can get any conclu-
sions from this book. These are all orders
and disorders in my own eyes. The book is
straightforward, local, and personal.
I think the main reason for me to make this
book is trying to start notice my environ-
ment, find out the question and use my own
perspective to research, define it.
Order and disorder is a tremendously
large topic, it exist everywhere in our lives.
Maybe in the future, I will research this
topic deeper. But for now, I will stop here,
take a rest.
“ I don’t think there’s a CONCLUSION here.”
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Oh, sorry, I’m off.. . . . .
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designed bY
lehu zhang
instructed bY
lucinda l. hitchcock
nancy a. skolos
photographed bY
lehu zhang
COLpOHON
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printed & binded bY
lehu zhang
paper
epson presentation paper matt
copYright
2012 © lehu zhang, risd
To be continued ......
