the absence of

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Anti-thesis Produce something (a publication, a poster, a video, etc) in which you take the opposite position from your current one in relation to your thesis. Find a crucial perspective in your work and reverse it. Try repeating what you’ve already done, but from the opposite point of view. Or develop a line of investigation you’ve already established, but in an antithetical spirit.

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Mussorgksy Sunless, Horowitz Matchless

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Constraint and Iteration: 10 rules

The purpose of these iterations is to document selected sources

It is a depiction and visual exploration of isolation/detachment

Iterations are to be designed on a spread, page size is A4

Make sketches in Rhodia grid book, minimum 10 ideas per page

Design typography first, add photos after

Resources must be noted

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Include a personal response to resource, does not have to be text

Maximum 2 fonts, futura and garamond?

Must be represented digitally and in print 

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Make Something (#1)

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Brainstorming for Make Something (#1)

[whenthennow]

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Material

Sans Soleil by Chris Marker

[vastmix]

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Investigation + Proposal

I’m curious about the nature of people’s emotional statements. Some are often critical to oneself or to society. Many of them are sarcastic, but there’s always a bit of truth to it. Whether I want to extract that or not, I’m not sure. First I want to start collecting these quotes, my sources mainly from social media platforms. Maybe I should sort them out by “nature.” I want to start materializing my accrued data in collage form.

edit - other sources: post secret/ song lyrics

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pp 22–31 in Graphic Design: Now in Production

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Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Requested Photos of the Outside World

[leslieseuffert]

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Material

Brendan George Ko

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Material

http://www.trueactivist.com/he-lives-in-a-tree-wears-no-shoes-and-brushes-his-teeth-with-a-pine-cone/

[ramswork]

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Model

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Material

This is kumamon, but that's not what's important. He suggested what to do when you feel alone, and I've never really thought exploring the behavior of lonely people, going into their habits