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An amazing thing happened the other day when I began doing research on Rivington Street. I was taking photos where the street begins at the Bowery, and I by chance turned onto Freeman’s Alley. I had been there a few times in the past and had old photos from there, so I considered just continuingContinue reading “Charlie’s Story”

In my presentation last week I presented a “wicked” problem that is closely related to my thesis. I am exploring the integration of our surroundings and its effect on our well-being. I am also interested in the meaning of place and how businesses can plug into the historical and cultural meaning of a community, toContinue reading “Wicked problem”

In this class, we are studying design thinking and it’s potential for changing the way business operates. Instead of designers being given a brief after the decisions have been made, designers are brought into the conversation at project conception. This eliminates many of the issues that come from miscommunication and products can be rolled outContinue reading “Interesting conversation”

This is my first entry in what will become my process book for Transformation Design, a new course offering in the new MFA Communications Design program at Pratt. The course will include exploration into the term ‘transformation design’ itself, and mapping the trend by considering historical aspects, major players and influences. Major questions that weContinue reading “Graduate Studio: Transformation Design”

Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life. chapter: “Walking in the City” 1984. Yi-Fu Tuan, Space and Place. chapter: “Architectural Space and Awareness” John Stilgoe, Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places. 1998 John Brinckerhoff Jackson, who said: “The older I grow and the longer I look at landscapes and seekContinue reading “Books to Read”

What is the best way to accomplish these things in a large city? Why do I feel like sustainability is the last thing on people’s minds in New York City. As one of the largest, most cosmopolitan cities in the world, we should be setting the standard not lagging behind with backwards policies and lowContinue reading “Preserving the environment, historical integrity and involving the community”

Lush Life Tour with Richard Price, Part I from INVISIBLE-EXPORTS on Vimeo. Lush Life Tour with Richard Price, Part II from INVISIBLE-EXPORTS on Vimeo. Lush Life Tour with Richard Price, Part III from INVISIBLE-EXPORTS on Vimeo. This is a really interesting gallery tour. The art exhibition is based on the novel Lush Life by RichardContinue reading “A brief Lower East side tour in three parts”

I’m taking a studio painting course on the Brooklyn campus, and since I had little previous painting experience I decided to do a series of explorations. Differences in color, gesture, medium, and surface possibility have all been part of the experiment.

Every time I pick up No Logo I decide I want to write my thesis on something related to corporate greed. The thing is, we as consumers and human/environmental rights advocates can’t be mad at corporations the way we can be mad at individuals. Behemoth corporations have no soul and no conscience, whereas people do.Continue reading “Naomi Klein gets me so fired up”

“Innovators, by definition, are the ones who get up and dust themselves off when they have fallen on their face.” Krishna, a plastics engineer, has invented a way to close the loop in plastics manufacturing, so people can maintain the same level of consumption but plastic does not end up in the landfill. Also, theContinue reading “A Solution to the Plastic Problem”