tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46165671287909652452012-01-16T16:08:25.772-08:00Angela Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09672235180524382649noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616567128790965245.post-89734254897792593292008-10-20T16:01:00.000-07:002008-10-21T11:56:00.229-07:00

Still waiting on pics from my letterpress projects– and for inspiration for another layer. I actually happened to grab another issue of the Minnesota Daily that has some interesting sentiments expressed in stark contrast (or is it?) to the original Op/Ed articles I was responding too. I hope to get in the studio this week to add another layer, and then get these in digital form to see what

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So after all these weeks and even semesters of teaching and demonstrating, I'm just itching to make something of my own. And by make, I mean use my hands – not a mouse. So today I started just getting the juices flowing by responding to the editorial page of the Minnesota Daily during my studio hours in the print lab. After reading the Op/Ed articles, I started to synthesize what sort of feelings

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Someone famous like Marian Bantjes goes and does it.View "Design ignites change" laser-cut posters Like she said herself, these are "just plain bitchin'." And, definitely inspiration for final thesis components.

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The time has come to put into words what it is I plan to do for my thesis. Although, it should be old hat by now as my mom pointed out when she asked me, "How many times have you done this now?" Real funny, mom.Truthfully, I have done this numerous times. But wow, am I thankful for that (or I might have been stuck redesigning a course management system – yikes.) In any case, I'm excited for this

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So this summer has been packed with various activities, primarily freelance opportunities that I can't even begin to believe that I've had. The survey link on the left got me energized about being a design professional – while it's focused on web design, questions like "Where do you see yourself in 5 years" really make me feel like I'm 15 again, telling people that "I wanna be a graphic designer

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At the beginning of this semester, I set out to develop my original Emergent Identity piece for a new setting and audience in order to prove its adaptability and applicability to additional contexts. Eventually, I decided to go about proving that in a different manner – by creating entirely new pieces that were unrelated in product but driven by the same theory and process that informed the

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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade . . . or so the optimistic phrase goes. But when it comes down to real life, are we really this adaptive? Can we be?As design and designed environments, experiences, and objects become more prolific, there is an increasing need to better understand our audiences. Similarly, there is an ethical responsibility for us to design structures and systems that

Angela Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09672235180524382649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616567128790965245.post-71664319795121083372008-04-22T21:19:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:42:28.302-07:00

Today I started making connections all over the place. I'm tempted to do a mind map, but not just yet –it'll come. Just to help me solidify some of my thoughts, here's what I need to map/think about/research some more:Principles of emergence (Read: Emergence, by Steven Johnson, play with NetLogo)Relation to formation of cities, social patterns of people, and identity formation of a group or space

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Over the course of the semester, I have been working on designs which (separately) address two unique populations: Tibetans in Minnesota and youth in the West Broadway neighborhood of North Minneapolis. In terms of an emerging identity, it couldn't get any better than these two highly dynamic and mobile communities. Tibetans are engaged in a daily campaign to defy Chinese rule of their homeland

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Ever since my conception of the very original "Emergent Identity" interactive doorway piece, I have become quite concentrated on expanding this theme, building up a body of work related to such . . . the formulations of a thesis, perhaps? I can only hope.During the Super Tuesday primaries, I was glued to the television, and a quote from an analyst on CNN grabbed my attention: "This much is true,

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This semester, I would like to continue refining the work I have previous done on the piece titled, Emergent Identity, with the intent to:a) present a similar piece during the "Wonder Women" Phase 1 series andb) develop a proposal for a similar temporary installation along the Minneapolis Greenway.Some things I need to consider:TechnologyI had originally intended to use an ultrasonic sensor but

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