SOPHIE HYDE// ソフィー・ハイド

CV// ABOUT

カタカナ (Thesis)

Animation

GIFS

Global Resilience Partnership

Branding

New Science for Old Bones

Poster

Ayaka Nishi New York

Eri Asai

Book

DiscOWL

Application

Bella Terra Oils

Packaging

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カタカナ

Multi-Channel Animation (2016)

Katakana is my Senior Thesis Project, a continuation of my previous project "性交_性別_房事". In the Japanese language there are three writing systems.

Hiragana(ひらがな): Used for Japanese Words

Katakana(カタカナ): English Words

and Kanji(漢字): Symbols derived from Chinese hanzi.

"性交_性別_房事" was an example of Kanji. This project sought to break down the Katakana writing system using a similar method, by utlizing a collage of objects, video and sound. Unlike "性交_性別_房事" katakana are not symbols, they are sounds that construct a word. Therefore the objects were not chosen based on a symbol but rather based on aestetic, form, and their relationship to other objects they were working with. Ultimatley the letters can be rearranged into different words, leaving countless possiblities for interpertation, relating to the experience one encounters when attempting to decode a language. When displaying the animations in a gallery setting, I chose to do so by placing them alongside eachother on multiple channels. By doing this I was able to create different words with the charaters, while also changing the context of the objects constructing them.

性交_性別_房事

Animation, 1:15 (2015)

An exploration of stroke order used to write Japanese Kanji/Chinese Hanzi, for symbols associated with sex, gender and love Making. Each object relates to the symbol's meaning, and is illustrated through the specific stroke order given to the symbol

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GIFS

GIFS (2016)

I've been using GIFS as a medium to explore various textures and composistions, in addition to 3D animation.

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Branding for Global Resilience Partnership

Branding (2016)

This project involved rebranding for the Global Resilience Partnership a non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities in Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia better adapt to shocks and chronic stresses in order to help them invest in a more "resilient" future

My goal was to design a logo that tied together the concepts represented in the organizations title: "Global", "Resilience" and "Partnerhship". The logo's spherical shape represents the idea of global, whereas the idea of resilience serves as inspiration towards the infinite movement implied in the shape's form. Moreover the negative space creates two parts that interact composistionally to enforce the idea of partnership. I took advantage of the logo's textural qualities to serve as decor and framing in the application of this branding.

Power Point

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Eri Asai

Book (2015)

This book illustrates the second chapter of Haruki Murakami's "After Dark" a book in which the narrarator involves the reader as a second observer inside the story. During the chapter they watch a series of bizzare events unfold in real time through the lens of a camera. This happens in the presence of one of the protaganists as she lies in her bed asleep. I wanted to illustrate these occurences primarily through the usage of gradients and varying composistions of text, in an effort to allow one to experience the motions and senses associated with these events as they take place. Futhermore, I did this to emphasize the real-time timeline in which they are told, further embracing the readers involvement in the chapter as an onlooker.

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DiscOwl

Interactive Processing Sketch (2015)

An interactive processing sketch that allows the user to draw with owls. A trail of owls follows the mouse. Pressing the mouse changes the color of the trail while pressing the up and down keys changes opacity

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Ayaka Nishi New York

Some work samples from my internship with jewelry design company Ayaka Nishi New York, this included photographing products in addition to creating promotional material for their website

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Movie Poster

This is a poster I made for a friends Thesis Movie "New Science for Old Bones". The film is a documentary about the tecnhology used on the Dreadnoughtous one of the largest, most complete, dinosaurs ever found. Moreover, the concept behind the poster utilizes the plus sign to emphasize the process of finding and attempting to piece anatomical parts together, additionally the overall minimalism reflects technological progress in our society.

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性交_性別_房事

Animation, 1:15 (2015)

An exploration of stroke order used to write Japanese Kanji/Chinese Hanzi, for symbols associated with sex, gender and love Making. Each object relates to the symbol's meaning, and is illustrated through the specific stroke order given to the symbol

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Berra Terra Oils

Packaging (2017)

My proposal for Berra Terra Oils label design contest. I aimed to create a clean-cut, and consistent layout while still catering to the clients desire to include their logo and photographs from the previous label design.

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About

Sophie Hyde is a British designer based in the New york/New jersey area. As a designer she is strongly influenced by Japanese minimalism, and Asian typography. She graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University) where she holds a BFA in Visual Arts with a minor in Art History. In her free time she likes to study new languages and shop at MUJI

contact:sophieelizabethhyde@gmail.com