Telepresence

A festival identity inspired by digital touch.

At the height of NYC's Covid shutdowns, students at Parsons School of Design created a ‘cyber expo’ of art and technology work, panels, and workshops. A modular design system merges ethereal and tactile, fluid and fragmented, to create a communal space of connection.

Role

Design, art direction

Collaborators

Tee Topor, 3D design and animation

Emi Sato & Pranjal Deep, UX

Ege Uz, Web development

Four mobile screens show a range of content: large type with moody imagery behind it, an event announcement, a list of projects, and a project detail page

A collage of user interface elements shows a detailed systems of modules, interaction states, and document grids

On the screen of a dramatically lit laptop, uncanny digital hands reach out to touch an iridescent blob. The word ‘Telepresence,’ in a pixelated font, emerges from behind the blob.