MELIH BILGIL » diploma

PICOL

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:44:20 +0000

I graduated with this work at the university of Applied Sciences in Mainz.
The result of my diploma is a pictorial language, a dynamic website, a blog,
a motiongraphics documentary and a poster with all PICOL signs (below).

PICOL is an project for providing free and open icons for electronic devices.
The aim is to find a common pictorial language for electronic communication
and to ease the navigation. All icons free to use and open to alter.
Soon all icons will be available for download on www.picol.org.
Further news on this project can be seen on the Blog.

This project was awarded at :output 12 and is published in the output book

PICOL Icons 32×32 Pixel

PICOL Icons 16×16 Pixel

PICOL Poster A0

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The history of the Internet

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:17:54 +0000

Short Description
“History of the internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions fromtime-sharing to file-sharing, from arpanet to internet.
The clip shows a brief overview of this history and shall animate to go on discovering the history of the internet. The history is told with help of the PICOL icons, which are also a part of my diploma. The icons are available for free on picol.org in the size 32×32 pixel
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Credits
Director & Animator – Melih Bilgil
Voice over – Steve Taylor
Music – Telekaster
Translation – Karla Vesenmayer
Scientific Managment – Prof. Philipp Pape
University – University of Applied Sciences Mainz
Thanks to – Barbara Bittmann, Johannes Schatz

References
Bunz, Mercedes – Vom Speichern zum Verteilen: Die Geschichte des Internet
Leiner, Barry M.; Cerf, Vinton G.; Clark, David D.; Kahn, Robert E.; Kleinrock, Leonard; Lynch, Daniel C.; Postel, Jon; Roberts, Larry G.; Wolff, Stephen, A brief history of the Internet, Internet Society, 2003

Inspiration

Otto Neurath and Gerd Arntz, who created ISOTYPE, see also www.vknn.at/neurath
AIGA passenger/pedestrian symbols
The “desktop metaphor” by Larry Tesler & Tim Mott

More interesting resources on networks, communication and signs

Computer Chronicles; The internet, 1993
Ebersbach, Anja; Glaser, Markus; Heigl, Richard, Social Web, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, 2008
Eco, Umberto, Zeichen. Einführung in den Begriff und seine Geschichte, Suhrkamp Verlag, 1977
Frutiger, Adrian, Der Mensch und seine Zeichen, Marix Verlag, 2006
Hartmann, Frank; Bauer, Erwin K., Otto Neurath Visualisierungen, Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandel AG, 2006
Medosch, Armin, Isotype im WWW, Heise Zeitschriften Verlag, 1997
Mijksenaar, Paul, Visual Function – An Introduction to Information Design, Princeton Architectural Press, 1997
Moggridge, Bill, Designing Interactions, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Neurath, Otto, International Picture Language, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1936
Ramge, Thomas, Mein Computer versteht mich!, in: BrandEins Ausgabe: Zu viel, 2007, S.38-43
Rheingold, Howard, Smart Mobs, Basic Books, 2002

PICOL Website

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:50:32 +0000

A selfmade lightweight CMS for the download of the Icons and information on the PICOL-Project. The website was made with help of Taro Franke, Christoph Leva, Kay Märthesheimer & Andreas Münch.

www.picol.org (still in development)

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PICOL Blog

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:52:11 +0000

Blog and news-tool for my diploma project PICOL.
blog.picol.org

Screenshots

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