This project investigates how individuality shifts from the hand to the system in the process of writing. Through a series of visual experiments, I examine how the expressive capacity of gestures becomes reduced, and how personality is redistributed across different layers of digital input.
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This project mainly explores the transformation of personality expression methods in the interaction between hands and writing tools. In traditional writing, it is mainly through the physical movements of the hand – including gestures, movement trajectories, force and stroke forms – that an individual’s personality and emotions are directly expressed. Tools like the identity control pen are used to directly express oneself. However, in digital writing, the role of the hand has changed: the information carried by the gesture itself has been largely blurred and reduced, and its expressive power has been weakened. Instead, it triggers the system, which outputs standardized results.
By visually contrasting handwritten and keyboard input, research can be advanced on how the information volume and clarity carried by gestures gradually decrease. Although personality is still reflected in the rhythm and pauses of typing, this information is no longer sufficient to fully express individual characteristics. On the contrary, personality is redistributed across multiple levels, including key selection, editing behavior, system processing, and ultimately screen output.
In the early stage of the project, by visualizing the changes in gestures between traditional writing and digital writing, such as the area of contact with objects and traces, it was found that the information contained in the gestures was ambiguous. Then, by dissecting the typing process (such as rhythm, key selection, system processing and output) in layers, it was demonstrated how personality can be transferred from the body to the system and re-manifested in a systematic way. Ultimately, it is gathered in the form of publications, allowing the audience to have a clearer perception of the development and discoveries of the entire research.
This research is oriented towards the design field, especially designers engaged in interface and digital communication, and is also relevant to all users who use digital writing systems on a daily basis. The project aims to make this subtle yet significant change visible, thereby rethinking the way individuality is expressed and understood in the contemporary context.
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