“As a place of transit, I wanted all of the different entranceways of the subway station to mirror how we move through space. It’s this kind of speed of movement—these transitions into different kinds of environments that we take for granted and we do repetitively.” – Sarah Sze “Blueprint for Read more…
I enjoyed the recent readings from Form+Code and recently came across their website. I find the Superformula example particularly fascinating. I thought I would share here for inspiration for our Data Visualization project.
I recently came across this page that features art made during this pandemic. After the discussions in class about the responsibility of artists to incite change as well as our exploration of Dada art, I have realized that another really important part of design and art is the ability to Read more…
Since I live right outside DC, I recently got an email about “12 Virtual and IRL Things to Do This Week In D.C.” In this article, I found this online show that the Hirshhorn museum has put together that is specifically for viewing online. The exhibition explores how artists are Read more…
In class, we recently discussed whether other designers, not just artistic designers, have the responsibility to be activists. While this article is very unrelated to art, I thought this was a clear example of how designers can be incite change. Instead of trying to incite change by providing design, engineers Read more…
Our recent discussion on whether designers, including engineers, have the responsibility to incite change and be politically active made me more interested in the relationship between art and coding. This website features a ton of different art projects made with code by “artists that push the possibilities of creativity – Read more…
When I moved here to the U.S. when I was 15, I met my “American parents.” My American dad’s mother is a photographer, and her work was recently in an exhibit called “100 Days of Solitude” at Glen Echo Photoworks. Since quarantine appears to not be ending any time soon, Read more…
As we finish up our Dada Composites, I thought I’d share one of my favorite nonsensical/surrealist art pieces. This is Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory.” This is one of my favorite pieces by Dali for two reasons. One, I have always loved clocks. Growing up, I had at least Read more…
I recently came across this article by Nikil Saval that explores how design is a profession “most concerned with the future,” the boundaries of design, how artists have reckoned with the predicament of how to “design for the future when the future you are designing for will not exist,” and Read more…
I’ve always loved nature so I have always had a passion for sustainability. But this passion really took off when I started diving in high school and had the opportunity to dive the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This was when I witnessed first-hand what true destruction of nature looks Read more…