Category: Unit 1

  • 1.5 Written Response

    1.5 Written Response

  • 1.5 Methods of Contextualising

    1.5 Methods of Contextualising

    by Hazel Graham, Hakan Cilek and Jiayi Wang About Project We identified FIJI Water as our ‘green’ advertising campaign. We used this campaign to interrogate the ways in which designers are implicated in questions of climate justice and positioned ourselves through the lens of ‘overconsumption’ as noted by Danah Abdula, and ‘ecofeminism’ as noted by…

  • 1.4 Written Response

    1.4 Written Response

  • 1.4 Methods of Iterating

    1.4 Methods of Iterating

    The Tool: Spirograph a geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well-known toy version was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold in 1965. Street Vendors Working Mechanism First Drafts Non-Spiral / Randomised Iterations Animations Posters References Jencks, C. and Silver, N.…

  • 1.3 Written Response

    1.3 Written Response

  • 1.3 Methods of Translating

    1.3 Methods of Translating

    Project Website ↓ kilim.digital TRANSLATING TURKISH RUGS INTO DIGITAL WALLPAPERS Carpet vs Wallpaper This project explores the similarities between Turkish Kilims and desktop wallpapers. It examines whether they can take each other’s places or not.  Kilims are handwoven rugs made with primitive techniques by using wools and madders. On the other hand, desktop wallpapers were…

  • 1.2 Written Response

    1.2 Written Response

  • 1.2 Methods of Cataloguing

    1.2 Methods of Cataloguing

    Harvard Curiosity Collections: Political Buttons 72′ Elections https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/political-buttons Bonus: 1st Week

  • 1.1 Written Response

    1.1 Written Response

    Written Response I worked on a site that unveils different characteristics of cultures only if you taste it. This written response specifies similarities between my project and the work of Georges Perec and Metahaven. These two influential resources helped me develop my investigation on the Seven Dials Market and the term “Street Food”.  From the…

  • Methods of Investigating III

    Methods of Investigating III

    Investigation Site: Seven Dials MarketLocation: London, WC2H 9LDSite type: Food Market Street Food from all around the world, met at the sharing tables at Seven Dials Market! DIFFERENT FOCUSESACROSS THE PROJECT First Week  People (Consumer) Who are they? / Why are they coming? / Where are they coming from? What are they doing on the…