Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê by Yijia Xie

Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê by Yijia Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Malper û Webê Competition Category.

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Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê

by Yijia Xie

Client: IBM Research

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Web Category

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The Design

About Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê

Middle of Nowhere peڕەyeke xetaya 404 e ku ji bo malpereke rêxistineke lêkolînê hatiye çêkirin. Peڕەyeke 404 dema xuya dibe ku peڕەyeke webê ya hatî xwestin tune be, û ev sêwiran wê kêliyê dike serdanek ji cihên xeyalkirî. Xwezayên ku têne nîşandan ji aliyê tora dijberî ya afirîner (generative adversarial network) ve têne çêkirin, ku modeleke fêrbûna makîneyê ye ku li ser bi hezaran wêneyên xwezayên rastîn ji seranserê cîhanê hatiye perwerdekirin. Encam ew cih in ku li tu deverê tune ne. Peڕە wek malpereke bersivger hatiye avakirin, û armanc ew e ku windabûna li ser înternetê aram û balkêş bike.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Middle of Nowhere Primary Function: Peڕەی Xetayê ya Malperê afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This 404-page design comes from the idea of "The middle of nowhere." "404" means that the webpage doesn't exist, so this project creates an environment that makes users feel lost around the internet data and enjoy the virtual landscapes. By training a machine learning model that combines thousands of images, Yijia creates unique and beautiful places that don't exist in the whole world or even in the universe. They are just the landscapes generated by Artificial Intelligence.
Dimensions & Packaging: Responsive website construction
Tags: Machine Learning, Artificial intelligence, Website design, GAN
Production Technology: Generative adversarial network/Machine learning/UI Design
Design Challenge: It's difficult to collect all the appropriate databases and train the machine learning model. I tested many times and learned the new technology&knowledge during the model training to get unique and beautiful results.
Research: Our goal is to create an unprecedented 404 page connecting to IBM Research's brand identity and focus areas. I came up with different sketch directions, including typography&illustration style, and an interactive website. We finally decided on the concept of "Middle of nowhere" by using artificial intelligence technology. We hope to relay "Welcome to the future" to people through this 404 page.
Inspiration: As a top leader in the AI industry, IBM Research is relentlessly curious about all the ways that computing can change the world. Today's AI is narrow. Applying trained models to new challenges requires an immense amount of new data training and time. People need AI that combines different forms of knowledge, unpacks causal relationships, and learns new things on its own. This 404 page explores a new possibility combining machine learning and design practice to increase the brand awareness of IBM research.
Project Duration: 2021.11-2022.02 New York
Operation Flow: These images/videos of nonexistent landscapes were created using a generative adversarial network. It’s a type of machine learning model that can create novel content after being shown many original pieces of content. In this case, we showed our GAN thousands of images of landscapes from around the globe, and it generated these rather other-worldly images by combining aspects of everything it’s been shown.
Team Members: Design Lead/Art Director: Yijia Xie
Image Credits: IBM Research/Yijia Xie