Mohammad Javad Khajavi
Førsteamanuensis
Institutt for film og animasjon
M. Javad Khajavi is an award-winning multi-disciplinary designer, developer, and researcher who works at the intersection of art, design and technology. Javad made his first animation by writing a computer code in 1995 at the age of ten. He is a tech-savvy whose works span several disciplines including 2D and 3D animation, game technology, and virtual reality. He is currently an Associate Professor at Volda University College in Norway. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. He graduated from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore with a PhD in Media Arts + Design in 2017. He is deeply invested in interdisciplinary research approaches that are informed by practice-oriented research, design thinking, and analytical methods and tools in Engineering. Javad is the author of the book Arabic Script in Motion: A Theory of Temporal Text-based Art (www.animatedtypography.com).
Research
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Books
Arabic Script in Motion: A Theory of Temporal Text-based Art [ISBN 978-3-030-12648-3] 184s.
Published 2019 by M Javad Khajavi
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Scientific articles and book chapters
Comparing the Effects of Animated and Static Logos on Viewers’ Attitudes toward a Brand: A Pilot Study
Published 2018 by Cinzia Bottini, Mohammad Javad Khajavi, Juan Camilo Gonzalez
From Alhambra to Digital Projection: Designing a Digital Media Cultural Heritage Project Based on the Transformative Qualities of Islamic Calligraphy
Published 2018 by Mohammad Javad Khajavi
Calligraphic Animation as Visual Music: A Genealogy of Islamic Synchronization of Sight and Sound
Published 2018 by Mohammad Javad Khajavi
Other works
The VR Animator: Metaverse-inspired Animation-making
Published 2023 by M Javad Khajavi
Automating Animated Typography Through an Online Web Application System
Published 2023 by M Javad Khajavi
The Meta-versed Animator: A Future of Immersive Animation-making inside Virtual Reality
Published 2023 by M Javad Khajavi
Animation Production and Spatial Computing
Published 2023 by M Javad Khajavi
Charting the Animation Evolution: Artificial Intelligence, Spatial Computing, and the Metaverse
Published 2023 by M Javad Khajavi
The Influence of Place Illusion (PI) and the Sense of Presence on Immersive Animation-making inside Virtual Reality
Published 2022 by M Javad Khajavi
Animation, VR, and the Metaverse: Immersive Animation-making Inside Virtual Reality
Published 2022 by M Javad Khajavi
Change, Movement, and the Fabric of Reality: Animated Image as a New Mode of Inquiry in Scientific Research
Published 2019 by M Javad Khajavi
From Alhambra to Digital Projection: Designing a New Media Cultural Heritage Project Based on the Transformative Qualities of Islamic Calligraphy
Published 2018 by Mohammad Javad Khajavi
Re-defining Calligraphic Animation: Toward a Taxonomic Demarcation
Published 2018 by Mohammad Javad Khajavi
Toward theorizing temporal behaviors of Arabic letterforms for time-based artworks, screen media, and computer programming
Published 2018 by Mohammad Javad Khajavi