The Dog Who Swallows Millions

An immersive audiovisual installation created for the 2022 Grad Show at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

Winner of the 2022 AIGA Flux Awards for Video/Motion Graphics.

VISUAL IDENTITY / EXHIBITION DESIGN / MOTION DESIGN / CREATIVE CODING / PUBLICATION DESIGN

The Dog Who Swallows Millions is an exhibition I created for my Graphic Design M.A. Graduate Thesis at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Using creative coding, experimental typography, loudspeaker design, generative art, and experimental branding, it conjured a captivating audiovisual experience for its viewers.

The Creative Process

Beginning with a 5-track long experimental music EP I had produced over the previous two years, I combined 80s punk typography, modern glitch art, mid-2000s music visualization, experimental music branding, hand-drawn typography, and VJ culture into a freakishly cool hybrid of vintage and modern aesthetics.

To give the exhibition an air of mystery, I fabricated flat speaker panels out of rigid foam board to be used for both producing the sound and displaying the projection-mapped audio-reactive motion design. Flat-panel speakers are a rarity and not recognized by most people, so the source of the audio was hidden in plain sight.

At the end of the project, I wrote and designed a 12"x12" 82-page book to document the work.

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The Exhibition

The Identity

The project was all about excitement and contrast: vibrant colors contrasting with stark black and white, 80s punk aesthetics with modern dance music, flat typography with 3D motion design.

With an emphasis on flexibility, I boiled everything down into a concise, useful style sheet to inform the visual identity of the exhibition and book.

The Dog Who Swallow Millions Style Sheet
The Dog Who Swallow Millions Style Sheet
The Dog Who Swallow Millions Style Sheet

Track 1 Visual Excerpt: Elphen Waste

Track 2 Visual Excerpt: Sinners Welcome

Track 3 Visual Excerpt: Cold Nights

Track 4 Visual Excerpt: Heaviness

Track 5 Visual Excerpt: Plinth Drag

The Book

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