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Sep 30th

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ADOPTING PERMACULTURE AS A STRATEGY FOR DESIGN?

I was reading over David Holmgren’s twelve permacultural principles and realized that eight out of the twelve (excluding principles two through four & six) could readily be applied to my own design practice: 1 Observe and interact: By taking time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our particular situation. 5 Use and value renewable resources and services: Make the...

Sep 29th

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Sep 29th

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ANNE WEST THESIS BOOK SUGGESTIONS

elizafitzhugh: The thesis book should be accessible. It could and probably should have multiple centers (centers = projects). The centers can be explained through expository essays. They can also be explained in the book’s introduction. Think about the voice of the book. Should it shout? Whisper? Should it be an interrogation? I love the idea of “constellating” the multiple...

Sep 29th

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A FEW OBJECTIVES...

I would like to . . . • create work that is formally beautiful (and infused with whimsy, play & awe) • create bio-inspired and bio-mimetic work (using the RISD Nature Lab as a primary source material) • as Keetra Dixon says, “make the work I wish I was making” By . . . • generating design systems and letting them self-assemble/play out • creating unexpected super-impositions or...

Sep 29th

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FIVE (OR EIGHT) QUESTIONS

—what compels you to seek inspiration in nature? —what is the most important cohesive element in your work? is there such an element? are you hoping to develop one? —how important is following a pre-established methodology when you work? if it is unimportant, what guides the creation of the work? —to what extent do you (or don’t you) consider yourself an “innovator?” —if you had to name one...

Sep 29th

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Sep 28th

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WE CAN HAVE IT ALL

via hopechu: Do you think a thesis could be a series of small theses?

Sep 28th

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Sep 27th

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Sep 25th

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Sep 25th

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PUTTING IT OUT THERE

An excerpt from an (un-edited) in-class writing exercise with Anne West: what is the idea of designer that I am heading towards?: I see myself as an explorer, and by extension, a catalyst. I have always loved investigating the unknown. As a child I was fascinated by stories of famous explorers who charted new lands and wend on wild adventures. I now seek the same experiences, except that my...

Sep 25th

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Sep 25th

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The No-Makeup Challenge—Join Us! : No More Dirty... →

Ladies, it’s challenge time again! Some fellow bloggers have ordained the next seven days no-makeup week and they’re going to go entirely without the stuff. If you want to join them, great! Our challenge is a little easier but the idea is the same: Makeup is awesome, a way to transform how we look and express how we feel, but if you can’t go without it at all then it loses its luster. All...

Sep 25th

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Sep 24th

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PLAGIARISM: an interesting compilation of quotations from ak “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak...

Sep 24th

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“The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.”

– ken kesey

Sep 24th

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