Hikmatyar, Aditya Aditama Putri
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Re-Design and Development of Cirebon City MSME Digital Promotion Media as Implementation of Project-Based Learning MBKM Consultation Project Prawira, Nanang Ganda; Hikmatyar, Aditya Aditama Putri; Ramadhani, Fathia Salma
VCD: Journal of Visual Communication Design Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): VCD: Journal of Visual Communication Design
Publisher : Universitas Ciputra

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37715/vcd.v9i2.4236

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The lack of visual branding and visual promotion development has resulted in MSMEs in Cirebon City experiencing stagnation in business. Based on interviews and initial observations on several samples of Cirebon City MSMEs, branding re-design, packaging re-design, and digital promotion development are needed. As a partner of the Cirebon City Government, the UPI Visual Communication Design Study Program has become a Design Consultant Team to develop and strengthen the visual promotion of MSMEs through monitoring Consultancy Project lectures. Research and design development methods are carried out using design thinking. This research uses the design thinking method to present the visual branding of two MSMEs. Starting from understanding the needs of MSMEs (empathy), identifying problems (define), solutions through academic ideas or conceptual ideas (ideate), visual solutions (prototype), and trials (test). The research output is a selected design that will be presented and exhibited to the public, especially MSME clients in Cirebon City. Implementing the MBKM program has significantly influenced the skills of Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Arts and Design Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia’s students, including improving critical and creative thinking skills, training leadership skills, and collaboration skills, fostering a good work ethic and culture, and forming professionalism in students.
Semiotic Analysis of Political Symbolism in Shi Lifeng's 'The Puppet Player' Hikmatyar, Aditya Aditama Putri; Fadhiilah, Harun
VCD: Journal of Visual Communication Design Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): VCD: Journal of Visual Communication Design
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37715/vcd.v10i2.4987

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This study explores how Shi Lifeng’s painting The Puppet Player constructs and communicates political narratives through visual symbolism. Despite the frequent use of Mao Zedong’s imagery in Chinese contemporary art, limited research examines how Lifeng’s visual language functions as a political statement. Using Roland Barthes’ semiotic framework—denotation, connotation, and myth—this qualitative study analyzes color, spatial composition, object symbolism, and figure gestures in the artwork. The analysis reveals that dominant red hues, hierarchical composition, and theatrical staging signify ideological control and social struggle. These visual strategies expose how authority and manipulation are normalized through aesthetic codes. The findings highlight Lifeng’s critical stance toward power structures and his use of design principles to challenge political memory. This research contributes to the discourse of visual communication by demonstrating how semiotic analysis can decode layered meanings in politically charged imagery, offering insights for designers and researchers in understanding symbolism and narrative construction within visual art.