Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons The New School for Design

5.5.11 | Projects

Two Wrongs Make It Right

Visualization of my cultural probe.
After the previous phase of my research on transdisciplinary collaboration (see my earlier post, “Questionable Methods”), I thought I’d failed in my attempt to employ a “design-led” approach – turns out I’d simply failed to understand what this means. Not to worry though, I asked around, and I think I’ve got [...]

5.5.11 | Ideas, Projects

Make The Strange Familiar, And The Familiar Strange

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 our studio. Upon review, I was asked why I hadn’t performed this exercise on myself. I considered this feedback in relation to our collaborative environment and opened it up to [...]

5.5.11 | Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Projects, Transblog

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. In order to further test this hypothesis I took a dance improvisation captured on video and attempted to fit the stages I have identified as [...]

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