Parsons SIS Friday, July 25

   Today in Design Portfolio we set up and presented all our work in an open house at the school. Seeing all my work hung up on the walls and watching people study what I had done felt very fulfilling. I greatly enjoyed talking about and showing people what I had done over the past four weeks. This was a wonderful way to end the program, and I hope I can do more shows like this in the future.

Parsons SIS Wednesday July 23rd

   Today in Design Portfolio we used InDesign to make booklets describing our project for the whole of the program. This was very difficult at times because I was unfamiliar with these programs but I was able to figure them out and produce an effective booklet. I prefer Photoshop and Illustrator to InDesign, but I am glad that I know briefly how to use all three. I will be glad however when I am finished using InDesign.

Parsons SUIS Day 16

•   Today in Design Portfolio we finished editing and printing our posters from photos we took of our dresses. Working with Illustrator and Photoshop was challenging because I had never done it before, but after a while I got the hang of it. The help we received from a professional graphic designer was very interesting and necessary to my learning of the programs. I was very happy with my finished product, and I felt it looked very professional.

Parsons SIS: Day 13

  Today we learned how to photoshop our posters for our brands in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Learning a bit of Graphic Design from a professional was very interesting and different. Having some skills in photoshop I can already tell will help me in the future. I also finished construction on my product, which is a Bluetooth earpiece with twisted wires extending from it, enveloping the face like vines.Something that was first just decoration, has turned into a commentary on the way that technology takes over our everyday life, something like a parasite, and can become a nuisance. I am very happy with the finished product because, with help from my teacher, it has turned into something better than I had originally planned, and has taken on new meaning. I will post pictures of the finished product later.

Parsons SIS: Day 11

    Today we shot the finished dress around the city and inside Parsons. I'm very happy with the finished product because of its subtle structural beauty and elegance as well as the pattern and texture that developed from the application of the newsprint. Learning how to light a photo shoot and modelling the dress were both really fun and interesting; I always love trying new things, but I think I should just stick to designing. 
      We also started our product design, which I am enjoying because I can design my product alone, instead of in a group. Finally, something I can make by myself! So far it's a very intricate Bluetooth earpiece for "our woman," who is a fierce businesswoman. 

Parsons SIS: Day 10

    Today in Design Portfolio we took the subway to the Brooklyn Museum of Art and viewed the many interesting exhibits. We started our sketching for the day in the Egyptian art exhibits, in which I found multiple interesting things to sketch, not only because of their form but also the many colors and intricate inscriptions in some of the smaller pieces. 
     My favorite exhibit was that of a female artist named Swoon, who had created almost her own world within one room. In the center of the room was a humongous tree covered in fabric and paper doilies. The room was also filled with two large boats and numerous wooden cutouts that were hand painted. These pieces were all influenced by Hurricane Sandy and the wreckage afterwards, and were completely constructed from recycled materials. I found a deep connection with these pieces because they reminded me of New Orleans and the gloomy but hopeful nature of the exhibit really intrigued me. I was lucky to be able to sketch part of one of the wooden cutouts.

Parsons SIS: Day 7

   Today in Design Portfolio we finalized our design for our dress and continued to construct it. We are using masking tape for the base of the skirt and laying strips of paper I found in a phone book over it. A really cool pattern is developing from the text and I am very happy with the lines throughout the form. This is my sketch of one of the original designs, we are altering it a bit:

     
      We also started perspective/three-dimensional drawings using graphing paper, which has been one of my favorite things we have done so far, because the critical thinking involved is very interesting and the style of drawing is fun to play with.