Meeting with Sean Donahue 7/15/08

What are the insights? 1-Method 2-What is it revealing? reference: sneaker culture. Branding > Parasite emergent immersive A new word for brand? What are the outcomes? > Who could these be valuable to? > Who does it pose questions to? Reacting to immediate community Models of adoption ->creative narrative – rethink -How do you represent [...]

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Meeting with Lisa Krohn 7/1/2008

My meeting with Lisa focused on a different aspect of my research.  She was encouraging me to bring denim into referneces in art history and use this metaphor to explain what the culture around jeans are.  I had my doubts about the naked body in art history as this metaphor.  Then I watched “Requiem for [...]

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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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Strongest Sense Tied to Memory

The strongest sense tied to memory is smell. I can see clear images of moments based on smell. They don’t always have to be nice either. I will always have an image of Bourbon street when I smell beer and pee in humid air. One thing I have noticed walking around New York with Jinmi [...]

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The Moment of Assembly

The result of this weekends work clarified which area of Fashion I am more interested in. Reading a book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, about the business side of the industry led me to think about buying. But what’s important to me is the collecting and combining aspect. The balance of which pieces work [...]

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