M5 – End of Term Review

Attached is the pdf of my presentation.  The pdf presents the work I have done this term, M5 followed by proposed next steps for M6.  The pdf includes the slide notes from the presentation.  The videos presented in the pdf are posted in previous posts.

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youtube collage

I have been looking for a way to present the youtube videos I collected which are tagged with denim brands.  I tried using them in a designed context in the video for drug/denim connection(see previous post: chasing the next high).  The dancing at the end of that movie is one of the youtube videos I [...]

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Brand Analysis through new media

To begin my work this term, and to keep my advisors n the loop about what the denim brand scene is like I conducted an image research online. I made collages of images directly from the brands websites and created respective collages from flickr. I chose profiles which tagged the particular brand and looked at [...]

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Spring 2008: Lite Term Thesis Work, pt.2

Inspired by my Information Design work in the previous post, I wanted to explore how I could use printmaking and the letterpress to impressions, transfers and contact reproductions of denim. Letterpress is a delicate machine so there ere some technical limitations of seams, buttons and rivets possibly damaging the press. Also, the sensitivity of the [...]

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Spring 2008: Lite Term Thesis Work, pt.1

While on my lite term, I experimented with the denim material. One of the critiques from my M4 review was that I didn’t look at making things with the material itself. I worked on two projects in two classes. In Information Design with Simon Johnston, I looked at the back pocket designs and how they [...]

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Week 12 / Thesis Workshop with Anne Burdick

I have ran into the limitations of the medium, the particular constraints how to communicate the in person experience capture full dimentionality of an experience with a medium that has 1 or 2 dim and senses challenge of the translation will push me in two ways: 1) If photos dont get across – another way? [...]

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Week 11 / Thesis Workshop with Anne Burdick

I presented my interview and first round of analysis today. I presented a group of things. 1) My Denim CollectionI pinned up the set of prints from the pdf, with my comments on each pair on post-its. 2) Interview PhotosI printed out the pdf and displayed each person’s photos with their answers on a board. [...]

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Week 10 / Show Off Your Jeans: An 8 Question Interview.

I set-up a backdrop and lighting in the Art Center cafeteria. I chose to setup during the advisement fair, to have access to more people and guarantee a crowd. With help from Jinmi and Yuming, I interviewed 22 people. I asked 8 questions about their jeans: 1- What’s the longest you owned any pair of [...]

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Week 9 / My Denim Collection

I documented my denim collection through photography, which I discovered is about 30 pairs. With the help of Jinmi, I modeled each pair and took full body photos as well as details of unique elements and trim. The process images can be seen at my online gallery. Please click.

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Week 8 / Norman Klein

After talking to Alex about the NY/LA in denim fashions, I managed to talk to Norman Klein for 10 minutes about his opinion about denim, NY and LA. LA is about body image, NY is making a statement denim became fashion in the 50′s, what and when happened? A complicated statement: how does it develop [...]

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