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Gathering Qualitative Data through the Unexpected

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Intro: The Transdisciplinary Studio has been informed that there might be a strong possibility that next year our studio space might be moving…and it would…

Vignelli and Geertz

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I began this project by thinking about the different processes of Anthropology and Design. I was interested in how ethnography has been adopted or adapted…

Collabo Cubes

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Design led research is an eye-opener to the capacity of developing creative experiments to alter situations. In the last assignment, I took a long-view approach…

This is TransDesign calling. Are you receiving?

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The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred. -G.B. Shaw I recently had the chance to work with a non-profit agency. It…

Make The Strange Familiar, And The Familiar Strange

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After the first phase of my research, in which I performed a visual audit of artists who visually represent complexity, I inverted my focus towards…

Process Similarities Between Graphic Design, Video Editing and Improvisation

From looking at the similarities between a graphic designer and video editor’s process I hypothesized  that similar process elements are transmutable across all creative fields….

Design Conversations: Denis O’Brien

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This semester Clive Dilnot has taught a class called Thinking Contemporary Design, an open format class that adjusts each week to reflect changing topics and…

Translation or adaptation?

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Borrowing and adaptation may be two hallmarks of good design practice—one that reevaluates and reflects while in progress. What happens when designers borrow methodologies from…

Hunches and Wanderings

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The neighborhood of Hunts Point in the South Bronx serves as our subject of external observation and dialectical practice. It becomes a laboratory for a…

Shedding Light on Design-Led Research

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In the beginning of our Research Seminar course, we were presented with the notion of Design-Led Research and Research-led design. One of our peers sketched…