Yvette Shen
Contributor 2019-2020
Visual Communication Department of Design
Q & A
What makes more livable futures for you?
A livable future should be a healthy and sustainable future. I feel like we are in this endless loop of changing and adapting, and no one can predict what future brings. Therefore, a livable future, at least, should be open and available for constant examination and adjustment.
What are you reading, viewing, listening to right now?
I am reading: online- lots of junk/non-junk/in-between info.
books - For somewhat work-related, I am currently reading (and studying) Fritz Kahn by Uta and Thilo von Debschitz. Kahn’s ability of developing innovative visual metaphors to communicate concepts of science and the human body is truly amazing. For pleasure, I am reading (and experimenting) All Yesterdays by John Conway, C.M. Kosemen and Darren Naish with my son. It is about dinosaurs, and it is more about using plausible speculation to challenge the way you think about certain topics.
I am listening to:
podcasts- 99% Invisible, Freakonomics, Anthropocene Reviewed, Radiolab, Philosophy Bites, Revisionist History
What practices are sustaining you?
I try my best to eat well, sleep well, think positively, enjoy work, experience nature, see the world, and spend quality time with my family and friends.
Biography
Yvette Shen is an Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University. Before joining academia, she worked as an interactive designer closely collaborating with people in professional industries such as healthcare, automotive, arts and entertainment, as well as in non-profit organizations. Her current creative and research expertise mainly lies in the field of information design and information visualization. In particularly, how design can help people gain better understanding of complex information and increase their interest in learning more; and how the practice of visualization and user experience may empower people with positive behaviors and emotions. She values the importance of an interdisciplinary problem-solving process of exploring and providing functional, creative, and human-centered design solutions to complex problems. In her own creative and research work, Yvette intends to identify innovative solutions based on the convergence of art, design, science, and technology, in order to leverage the considerations of social and health issues, and cultural heritage.
For more information of her classes, research and creative work, please visit: https://designviz.osu.edu/