Surfing the Visible. Drawing Templates, Scientific Taxonomy, Web Interface. Visual Design of Digital Interfaces for the Photographic Archives of the Municipal Aquarium of Milan

Federico Alberto Brunetti () and Danilo Da Re
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Federico Alberto Brunetti: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design
Danilo Da Re: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design

A chapter in The Visual Language of Technique, 2015, pp 125-129 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Milan Civic Aquarium has been erected in occasion of the Universal Exhibition in Milan in 1906; about a century after the restoration work has been carried out, and contextually the reordering of historical library and photos stock of its funds. Scientific classifications, ecological system, systemic representation are the investigation methods of the complex interactions of Nature; the potential of digital databases allow to articulate the informations obtained from individual surveys of marine exhibits and the images, being able to reconstruct their interactions. Scientific naturalistic representations are carried out as a survey (as a data recording), and at the same time as a project, a design of a global frame of references: the contribution of Drawing reveals operative interactions with the theory of representation. The Archives of Aquarium keeps up, from its early establishment, a photographic collection that has constantly grown through the decades. It comprises tens of thousands of well preserved images scientifically classified. A conceptual diagram founded the development of the interface design among three areas of information quite heterogeneous connected to specific meta-languages. “Navigating the visible” has become the emblematic original title of this thesis research, but also an opportunity to ponder about the relationships within the universe of things, its visual perception and the theories that give structure to our thoughts. The relationships among different contents will be the same as the relationships found in the natural ecosystem, and will represent what we could describe as a “communications eco system”.

Keywords: Operative Interaction; Interpretative Model; Digital Database; Thesis Research; Global Frame (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05326-4_15

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