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Vaartus
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Väärtus is about value and pride. Arthritis is a problem occurring with our aging population; the need for medical aids to perform everyday tasks is apparent. Current assistive devices are clumsy, undependable, impermanent, poorly made, unhelpful and ugly. People who require aids don’t want to use them. Vaartus is the opportunity to bridge the gap between what is currently available and the demand set out by a modern aging audience seeking value and independence.
Books I have made
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Examples of several books I have made recently. The trip books have screen printed covers, the contents are typewriter text and in some, photocopies of photos from travels throughout the United States. I like to bring elements of zine aesthetic into my book work and I always enjoy placing emphasis on the handmade, despite my knowledge of Photoshop and other computer programs for making book layout and design. In a lot of these projects the process of building and planning a book by hand is in itself a big part of the work. As such, these books are unique records of the experience of the artist, as well as the process of recording that experience - and the transformation that occurs when personal moments, memories and knowledge are preserved on the page and then revealed to others.
RITUAL & SUSTAINABILITY
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The is a graduation thesis project. The focus project was to look at the cultural implications of sustainability through the lens of ritual. Looking at the 7 categories of ritual as means to both understand what influences our current cultural mythology and to challenge it. This is self authored and collaborative design project with Jen Cook
We Are All Alone
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"We Are All Alone" is a first semester grad project that is designed to be a package of materials that promotes the idea that solitude is okay, even in a modern world. It includes a publication of selected written works, with illustrations to go with each narrative, as well as several tools for using the ideas found in the book in daily life, and to spread them to others.
Current Design Research Journal
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I wrote an article and guest edited ECUAD's inaugural issue of Current Design Research Journal. My focus in research relates to human-centered process and a posture of co-design when working with communities who are often overlooked or misrepresented in design activities.
