Enya Pan is an interdisciplinary designer, research rabbit hole enthusiast, and Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program student studying Computer Science and Business Economics @ Brown University and Graphic Design @ Rhode Island School of Design.
- A lover of all things linguistics, typography, biomaterials engineering, sustainable urban infrastructure, & ugly ceramic mugs.
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MOTION TYPE WEB CONCEPTUAL
FIG. 1
The Lawnmower Museum
// MAY 2024TYPE
In designing the identity system, I deconstructed the museum to arrive at the following themes: cutting grass, cookie-cutter homogeneity, and the anti-lawn movement where the act of lawnmowing becomes inherently political.
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FIG. 2
Panasonic Lumix: The Beauty in the Ordinary
// MAY 2024MOTION TYPE
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FIG. 3
Phonetics-Based Machine Orthography
// MAY 2024DATA
Step 1: Converting from text to image. I wrote a script that extracts phonemes from the English language and utilized stable diffusion machine learning algorithms to iterate over the prompt ““Create an image that sounds like the letter ‘_’ in the English alphabet” 100 times for each letter in the English alphabet. In total, 2,600 letterforms were generated during this process.
Step 2: Converting from imge to text. These letterforms were then fed into an alt text generator to generate text descriptions for each of the images. I finally compared the text descriptions with the original letter inputted into the prompt to test the accuracy of text-to-image generation and image recognition.
FIG. 4
MillerKnoll Workplace Research Library
// APR 2024In creating a new brand identity for the Workplace Research Library, my system is inspired by the manila folders we use daily because of their content-agnostic, timeless, and versatile nature. These become an expandable motif for the identity while encapsulating the themes of modernity, functionality, and flexibility that remain consistent with the current MillerKnoll brand.
FIG. 5
An Interview w/ Talia Cotton
// MAR 2024FIG. 6
(Super)(Star)Sh*t Cities
// DEC 2023A critique on the affordable housing crisis in “superstar cities”, described to be more desirable places to live, attracting higher-income households which then inadvertently reinforce that housing prices stay prohibitively high. They are the cities that have a combination of high wages and high rents that cause them to be disproportionately home to labor market superstars.
FIG. 7
The Marías, “Hush”
// OCT 2023An animated poster for the song “Hush”, using both digital and analog collage methods to create a motion accompaniment to the lyrics.
FIG. 8
Filler Words In My 1-Hour Conversations
// OCT 2023Fillers words such as um or uh are words, sounds, or phrases people use to “fill in” empty spaces in communication, often used to fill up the silence. More often than not, they’re unintentional; we use them subconsciously to fill the space or time while we prepare our main message. However, these are also disruptions in what would otherwise be fluid conversation.
My goal was to track those discourse markers in speech—mine included—for a week, analyzing how usage of filler words change in different contexts and when speaking in other languages. This data is then consolidated into a visualization that explores representing more nuanced visualizations of information, illuminating the small, often ignored details of our everyday lives.
My goal was to track those discourse markers in speech—mine included—for a week, analyzing how usage of filler words change in different contexts and when speaking in other languages. This data is then consolidated into a visualization that explores representing more nuanced visualizations of information, illuminating the small, often ignored details of our everyday lives.
FIG. 9
The Produce Market Around the Corner
// MAR 2023For me, there is nothing more evident of contemporary urban China’s new-build gentrification than the food stalls leaving the markets in my grandmother’s district in Beijing. Each disappearance foreshadows the following lower income displacement in adjacent residential communities. The local road-side produce and wet markets hold a special place in my family’s hearts, and each disappearing stall creates a void that can never be filled.
FIG. 10
Everything I Once Knew
// FEB 2023Hand-drawn and cutout animation depicting the most painful loneliness I’ve ever felt when entering college during the peak of COVID isolation. Dedicated to my mother and all the other mothers out there in the world.
SPECS: 2,160 frames, 24 frames/second
MUSIC: Claire de Lune (sped-up version)