Digital Perceptions

JR campbell, director of Kent State's School of Fashion Design and Merchandising program, speaks on the influence of digital technology on his work.  Although Campbell once thought that his design goals prior to his emersion into the digital realm would remain unchanged, he admitted that he lost his original aspirations to tell stories once his work became a digital product.  Instead of defending his original goals, Campbell expanded his goals to include technical advances such as engineering imagery that can go across seam lines, creating things that shift their level of focus, and establishing multiple layers of work.  Through his explorations, Campbell found that as the process of digital printing can really be simplified to just the print button, his only limitations were the cost of material.  As he moves forward with his research, his aspirations have shifted to creating something economically viable and how to use the capabilities of digital printing to further express 'fabricness.'

other images of his work