Transdisciplinary Design

Projects

Exploring Networks of Health

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by Francis Carter, Minuette Le & Jayson Rupert Reimagining the Hunts Point food systems requires a closer look at the Networks of Health and the…

Perpetual Metamorphosis

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I began my investigation with a question that asked: how might designers learn from fine artist’s methodologies in relation to representing complexity? I wanted to…

Manufactured Marrakech

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by Jacqueline Cooksey & Minuette Le Over our recent Spring Break, we took the opportunity to turn a trip to Marrakech into a design research…

Reseach Visualization

Questionable Methods

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In our research methods course, there has been a lot of talk about the distinction between design-led research and research-led design. This dichotomy has become…

Public Sex

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Photo courtesy of inlibertyvillage.com Sex in public spaces isn’t far from anyone’s imagination, particularly in New York City . It’s not odd to hear bar…

photo credit: Aaron Cansler

col · lab · o · rate

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What is this buzzword, Collaboration? There are so many different ways in which we can define, describe, strategize, theorize, and analyze it. Natalie Jeremijenko once…

It’s a wonderful life

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A box full of string, a 40’s classic and a raging faux fire set this scene. Welcome to one of the many contributions to our…

Let Numbers Speak

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Once I found myself asking a leading financial expert (who used to run a private equity fund): What was his trick; how could he make sense and see things just by looking at a financial statement or the stock exchange report? His answer was simple and poetic: “Let the numbers speak to you.”

what is red, white, blue & green all over?

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TRUST. IF we define TRUST as a verb that means to rely on another person or entity. And IF we define INFRASTRUCTURE as a collaboration…

A Game of Bing!

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Let me set the scene … It’s a regular, sunny, Sunday afternoon and three caped crusaders charge boldly into the unknown, armed with a stick,…