Summer Update
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Yeah, it’s been a while. =)
What I’ve been up to:
Came back from Italy and helped my parents with their move. I’m currently living in Brooklyn with Syd for the summer. We entered a Habitat for Humanity competition with some friends, and together we designed a recycling receptacle for a competition run by the AIA Chicago. I will add them in my portfolio at some point. Neither entry won, but they were fun to work on—it’s always good to hone process and design skills, and competitions provide a deadline and goal to work towards.
I’ve been doing lots of reading (and thinking) for my thesis and working to further our service project (yeah, still can’t talk about it). My thesis work will revolve around sustainability, and within this area there is just so much information…
We’ve gone to a couple of architecture lectures, one about Korean architecture and another about air conditioning systems (very interesting, actually). And Syd’s name is in the new MoMA—she helped out on a project for the PS1 competition. I thought the entry she helped work on was way better than the winning entry, which is currently falling apart, or so I hear. The main problem is that the winning entry was designed and modeled on the computer, where it looks cool. The built object, however, looks pretty bad (as a comparison of photos in the previous links reveals).
The postcard competition entry I designed with Alex earlier this year…it won! What’s pictured in the press release and elsewhere are what we submitted to Sponge: we’re currently working on some revisions which will make it into the print run slated for sometime in September. Press release and one link so far…
I’m also currently doing research and blogging for the Energy Project run by the RED unit at the Design Council in London. You can find my posts here: http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/mt/red/
I’ve got some cool photos to post from my trip to Storm King with Syd, and I’ve been exploring the wonders of basecamp. Oh, and I put my money where my mouth is regarding service design and ordered a pair of shoes from adidas at the NYC flagship store using the mi adidas system. I’m working on a post about my experience…
Phew! That’s a lot to say in one breath!
Now…back to blogging…