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Lecture by Dr. Melanie Jordan at RCA Kensington 20 November 2019 Dr. Melanie Jordan heads the Contemporary Art Practice course at RCA. Her works use text and quotes, placed in the context of the public sphere to inspire dialogue on social issues. During the talk, Dr. Jordan explained that the differences between the concepts of… Continue reading Is this Public Sphere?
05 November 2019 On my visit home during the break week, I found a brass cuff that I had cut and hammered from a thick brass sheet, a couple of years ago. With an easy access to ammonia (thanks to my pathologist mom), I went about trying to create a patina on the brass. (I… Continue reading Patinas: A series of (smelly) experiments with Brass and Copper
15 November 2019 The lecture focused on ‘Change’ as an important idea in shaping both design practice and its impact on the wider social, political and cultural contexts. We were asked to discuss events in our practice that might have led to a change in our approach or methodologies towards our work. While Wooli and… Continue reading Paradigms in Art and Design
14 November 2019 For our Pathway trip for the Investigate Project, we met at the Design museum to seek inspiration and possibly identify a contemporary practitioner for our ADAS essay. Since I had seen the Designer Maker User exhibit on my previous visit to the museum, I decided to visit the Beazley Designs of the… Continue reading Pathway Trip: Art, Design, Drawing and Sensory experience
13 November 2019 I had been meaning to view this exhibition for a while now, and felt that week one of the Investigate project might be a good time, hopefully to inspire and direct me, early on in the project. I left the TATE with an exciting new discovery: a contemporary practitioner engaging with art,… Continue reading Olafur Eliasson in Real life at TATE Modern
12 November 2019 I had been curious about Julian's Subtraction cutting process, and finally managed to catch a demonstration and workshop, pairing with Summer in the creation of our own subtraction cutting garment. Julian's process, as I had observed from his presentation during the project launch, is quite organic and speculative, and relies on some… Continue reading Subtraction cutting workshop with Julian
11 November 2019 The project launch highlighted the independent nature of practice that was required from us during this stage, mirroring the approach required for the MA. The investigate project would encompass a number of ideas and experiments based on our respective areas of interest and design problem identified, serving as a basis for the… Continue reading Project 4: Investigate
3d rhino model Ivy stop frame animation - locking Writing for portfolio: clarity in ideas 3d design development: commercial version, market study, contextualize- precedents and practitioners foe market study Exploring weaving- different materials Exploring form- abstract forms Exploring human body- contact and mobility- a new function?
04 November 2019 Creative economySpeculative designDutch Designcontemporary participatory design precedents (David Roux Foullet - gun setting by clients,)Industry standard software (and its application as a tool in process, visualization, consumption)Finish Unexpected PleasuresRead - Speculative everythingRead Research methods for product designRead emotional designVisit exhibitions and analyse annotations and artist work descriptions- for my own portfolio writingStudy… Continue reading Topics to look up/read/think about
01 November 2019 M2: Art & Design Practice Feedback with Gary Look at ways to respond to materials - push harder - explore deeper - ways of using same materials in different ways - think out of the boxLook at drawing in different way - metaphorical/symbolic techniques and materials - express unique qualities, be more… Continue reading Stage 1 Feedback
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