critical design
Operation Cork Twenty Twelve
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Operation Cork Twenty Twelve
- a joker in the edifice consumption model
Project Tunnel Vision - Kid Krafting
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Kid Krafting is a series of hypothetical playground equipment pieces designed to solicit inquiry into the over-safety of contemporary playgrounds. Growing research reveals the importance of risky play in childhood development and the psychopathologic consequences of cotton-coated play. Playgrounds today do not provide the opportunities and challenges that a child needs to grow, resulting in the development of anxiety in children.
The Head Vs. Heart: Objects for the Depressed Lifestyle
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The Head Vs. Heart is a series of interactive objects about depression. The purpose of this project is encourage an open discourse about depression by giving transparency to invisible symptoms, thereby promoting a better understanding of the condition and dispelling stigma.
Through satire, the body of work represents direct and literal interpretations of common advice given to those who are depressed. Posing as familiar accessories, each object reveals a hidden quality which speaks to the characterizations of depression, in appearance, experience, and tactility.
For more, visit: www.theheadvsheart.com
Re-Envisioning Ritual: A Culture At Odds with Sustainability
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Sustainability is a word that has been in our popular lexicon for over 30 years, so why is it that little has changed in that time? Re-Envisioning Ritual: A Culture At Odds With Sustainability takes new academic discourse that claims that it is our cultural values and beliefs that is creating the most resistance to a more sustainable life, not technology. Using ritualistic behaviour as a means to examine how cultural beliefs are enacted and reinforced, we analyzed how our current ritauals might be re-envisioned towards a sustainable future.
Illustrated, written, and designed in partnership with Michele Guimond.
water wear
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Water is a crucial element to our survival. Despite its important role in our lives, we often take it for granted. An ever growing problem associated with our consumption of water is the wasteful use of disposable water bottles. Water wear is a concept in rethinking the use of disposable water bottles by exploring the the ways that we wear water on our bodies.
