Virtual Class: Week Six / April 27th

Projects Public Intervention Proposal Part I was due yesterday (Proposal Document + 2 Photoshop mockups) Part II is due at the beginning of next week (Video Proposal) on Monday, May 4th Group Assignments are here Final Critique Date to be sent out later this week. No final portfolio is required. If you would like to…

Virtual Class: Week Five/April 20th

Projects Public Intervention Proposal – This is a two week group project which I’ve divided into two parts to give you all lighter amount of work this week. Part I is due next week (Proposal Document + 2 Photoshop mockups) on April 26th Part II is due the following week (Video Proposal) on May 3rd…

PPE Suit for Clubbing

The studio Production Club designed a full-body PPE suit that’s ready for clubbing and other very social interactions––it has built-in speakers, can sync to a smartphone, and allows its user to drink while wearing it. Of course, people should try to limit any social interaction (no matter what protection they’re wearing), and I doubt clubs…

Sustainability and good design

https://monocle.com/film/business/mater-designed-to-last/ I came across this video while I was doing research for our public proposal piece. It is about the Danish furniture company Mater which only uses sustainable materials in creating their pieces. I really liked the vision of the founder who was the first to do this as he took materials that pollute our…

Making Art and Staying Active

I have been thinking a lot about the place I’ve been working for over a year now, Spiral Q. It’s an off campus community arts organization that I was working at while we campus was still open. They’ve been keeping a strong social media presence and have a lot of different ideas for accessible art…

Interstella 5555

One of my housemates loves to have music videos on instead of just the music, so I’ve been seeing some really cool videos recently. One of the most amazing, though, was Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, a film to the music of Daft Punk’s 2001 album, Discovery. At first, I was…

A Nontraditional Canvas

While exploring the idea of art in public, I came across a range of bike frames by Specialized/S-Works that were really quite breathtaking. Besides the quality of the paint-job, I was also impressed with the idea of art on a bike frame. With generally so little surface area, it occurred to me that I would…

Social Distancing Turned Into Art

In efforts to enforce social distancing, many public places in Singapore have used tape to mark out areas where people should or shouldn’t be. These markings include a variety of lines and shapes, such as circles or crosses. Unexpectedly, the markings have produced some aesthetic patterns in public spaces. I really like how simple the…

Past meets present in painting recreations

I thought this was hilarious as well as creative. It’s also kind of related to our scrapped project (archival remix), which I thought was cool. Past meets present! https://news.artnet.com/art-world/getty-challenge-part-2-1843800

Flower Art

I came across this online shop called Sister Golden that makes handmade art from collected natural materials, like tree bark, flower petals, and leaves. Quarantine creative inspiration!

Happy Belated Earth Day!!

Unfortunately, to me Earth Day had become a day people use as an excuse to post all the cool places they’ve traveled to on Instagram. However seeing this art project by Olafur Eliasson reminded me that there are still people out there who try to send a meaningful message through Earth Day posts. Here, Eliasson…