Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011)

Internet becomes part of worldwide daily urban activities. Communication among people is intensified through various interfaces and media because of information technology convergence and the application of visual icons which represents emotion.The icons that represent emotions, expressions and feelings are titled emoticons. Emoticons are highly used in IT based communication gadgets such as portable PCs or cellulars. This paper develops and depicts the creation process, perception and cultural aspetcs that influenced the development of emoticon through visual communication design study…

Illumination is visual decoration in form of coloured fonts, designed or illustrated page in print media. In middle age bibles or manuscripts, there are forms and type of illuminations that may applied as a system of content delivery in books. A framework of illumination design methodology may elaborated through content analysis on several illuminations in bibles and religious manuscripts. This research will enrich visual communication design study, especially typography and illustration study in developing an information system delivery based on visual elements.

The religious greeting cards that are based on paper, e-card, e-mail, Short Message Service (SMS), and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) are very beneficial media to strengthen a religious greeting cards is regardes as representation of the value of a related religious celebration itself. Most religious greeting cards use holy visual sign on them, in which it is extremely interesting to be studied. Therefore, this study was concentrated on the use of holy visual sign on Chinese New Year, Christmas, and EID Mubarak greeting cards. This study conducts in semiotics approach. As for the research…

After the revocation of prohibition of Chinese language usage in 2000 by President Abdurrahman Wahid, corporate's identity signs using Chinese letters are flourishing Indonesia. The appearances of identity sign using Chinese letters in the last 10 years is quite confusing considering not many people can read them. The function of identity signs to convey information for public are not fully achieved. Study about how the usage of Chinese letter as a foreign language in identity sign in Bandung with low level of interpretation but can create strong image with high rate of effectiveness and also…

Credit card becomes one of the popular banking transaction media. One of the facts is that nowadays credit cards are used in most product and service businesses. Another fact is that credit cards can accommodate their user's lifestyle and shopping habit. In fact, in Indonesia the credit card advertisements have been so abundant that they give an impression of the aggressiveness of the companies producing them and the an impression that it is easy to get the advertised credit cards. Each established bank like BNI, BCA, and Mandiri has its own way of advertising its credit card. It was found…