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Entries from February 2009

#9 – David Reinfurt, screen savers and the huge TVs in the lobby of 2w 13th street

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments

So last night I went to a lecture conducted by designer, publisher and editor David Reinfurt. He is known for his design firm O-R-G and his independent publishing house, occasional bookstore and just-in-time workshop Dexter Sinister which he founded with the designer Stuart Bailey. Dexter Sinister has been [...]

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Thesis Project #8 – Offhanded, possibly unrelated internet experiment

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I was really sort of jazzed about this whole internet gameplay Facebook party and I kind of stumbled upon and devised another sort of web exploration.
Muscle memory in regard to typing has come to be second nature to me. I think I could probably make accurate finger motions in the air as far as typing [...]

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Thesis Process #7 The Album Cover Experiment: A Facebook tag-a-thon and how it relates to situationist ideas

February 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Thesis process #6 – The Gimbel library from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and the Bobst Library, Lower Level 1 from 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm

February 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I decided to limit the scope of my project to seek out areas of our university where the ideal conditions for the creation of “Situations” could take place. I will seek out spaces that already function in this way, or could have the potentiality for drift, and detour.
I focused on the library as a [...]

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Thesis process #5

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Museum of Jurassic Technology

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Thesis Process #4: Inspiration – Lawrence Weiner talks about design education

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Videos:
Hillman Curtis and Debbie Millman Interview
Lawrence Weiner in a group critique

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Thesis Process #3

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Mise en Abyme Will Holder

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Thesis process #2

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

A quote about the poster by artist Ryan Gander
“Taped to the wall of my studio is an A4 photocopy of a short ten-point manifesto by Fischli/Weiss entitled “How to work better”. I don’t know who put it there, but it has been in place for at least three years. It’s a tongue-in-cheek work [...]

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Senior Thesis Process #1

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

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