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Look It Up

  • Writer: Glenn Terpstra
    Glenn Terpstra
  • Dec 12, 2016
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 12

Short form content study exploring how technology influences experience of information; ultimately altering the interpretation of that information. Bauhaus concepts are the subject of this video as the movement reflects on similar notions of technology and function.


Video compares searching online versus going to a library.



Still from video depicting spine titles of Bauhaus based books.
Still from video depicting spine titles of Bauhaus based books.

A comparison of pre and post-digital interfaces. "Look it up" vs. "Google it" identifies a subverted change in how we navigate information as a result of digital communication. This video aims to ask questions about the handling of information in the future as we become more integrated with digital infrastructures. This video was created for the graduate level graphic design course 510X at Iowa State University.

**I make reference to Albert Einstein in order to point out how the internet has created a situation where fact is no longer reality. #postruth In no way am I attempting to generate "fake news."

Exploring where physical + digital collide.

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