DSGN 264-403 Fall 2021 Blog
Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) is a sculpture park and museum which has a bunch of cool outdoor installations and exhibitions. GFS is located in my hometown of Hamilton, New Jersey—only about 50 miles away from Philadelphia. Hamilton, a suburb of Trenton, is also close to Princeton University. I remember passing Read more…
Strutting down the runway in the Tokyo Spring 2022 fashion show, Ryunosuke Okazaki’s designs are sleek and unique, with its roots in futurism. Ryunosuke is not an ordinary fashion designer- trained in graphic design at Tokyo University of the Arts, Okazaki applies symmetry and fine details to create wearable art. Read more…
This was a personal piece I did a few months ago during a 6 week artist’s residency in Charlotte. I’m currently trying to revisit the space I was in when I was making it and thought it might be a good idea to write out the process. My friend makes Read more…
Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s current run on Nightwing is one of the most well-received titles on the market, bringing together a creative storyline with some exceptionally visually pleasing art. While comics may not be a mainstream concern, this particular run is one I’d argue should be on every artist Read more…
The digitization of art through NFTs, (non-fungible tokens), is a more recent concept. Anything can be transformed into one, an image, a video, a voice memo– even video game characters. This allows not only anything to be transformed into art, but the value of the art to sustain with global Read more…
Being an international student from China, Do Ho’s works that explore the concept of belongingness and those that challenges East Asian cultures really resonance with me. I came across this 24 minute video when I was preparing for my artist presentation. The entire video is kind of long so I Read more…
Cope & Stewardson was an architecture firm that consisted of Walter Cope and John Stewardson, who worked during the years 1885–1912 to design buildings in the Collegiate Gothic style at notable institutions such as Penn. They have designed buildings at other Philadelphia-area and Northeast universities, such as Bryn Mawr College Read more…
What’s your favorite color? Do you have one? While there is somewhat of a debate regarding what a ‘favorite color’ is and what that entails, I personally define a ‘favorite color’ to be the color that you feel attracted to and makes you feel positive emotions. It does not have Read more…
“Grace! Stop it!” a shrill voice erupted from the living room of a small one-bedroom apartment. Appearing from the doorway stood a 5’8 tall middle-aged woman with her brunette hair tied back in a messy bun, an apron smeared with cake batter and a plaid dress that was worn and Read more…
Being Chased Falling Dying Dreams About Being Chased: In these types of dreams, it is likely that you trying to run away from or avoid something or someone in your life. More abstractly, this can also mean that you want to flee from fears (perhaps of an upcoming exam or Read more…