Dedicated Thesis Site
Nick and I have created a dedicated thesis site. We chose to utilize the free services offered on wordpress.com, however the permanence seems to still be up for debate. It can currently be seen here.continue reading
Full Disclosure
Today talking with one of Filter’s owners I realized the questions I was asking may have been a bit too probing for a regular customer. That’s when I realized, that’s exactly what I was still, a regular customer. I hadn’t re-introduced myself as a designer researching their space and thusly interested in all aspects of...continue reading
Filter is Chosen
Today Nick and I re-met and decided Filter would be the shop we focus on. We analyzed our notes on each and realized that while Mugshots has a lot going on, Filter posed less barriers to entry and seemed more approachable.continue reading
Choosing a Space
Above is the new La Colombe shop near City Hall, one of the many research locations. Nick and I have been researching and discussing spaces for a while now. Question one of our homework assignment wants us to do heavy research on a space and pretty much any physical space is up for grabs. I...continue reading
Thesis Homework Introspective Handout Update
I’ve been working on the thesis homework again. Mostly on the introspective question since Nick’s been busy with other things. I still have a presentation to make but I couldn’t stop working on this handout. I kind of got carried away. I like it a lot though. While this may be the final version it...continue reading
Thesis Development Homework - Affinity Map
As a follow up to the previous post, I’ve done an affinity map of all the topics and points that I could come up with regarding myself. It’s weird to think I only filled up half a whiteboard with points that I feel define my individuality. They were fairly vague though, maybe if I would...continue reading
Thesis Homework Development - Travel
We’ve been given summer homework to help us begin taking steps down the long road of thesis. The homework is in three parts, the first part, of which Nick and I are working on together, involves finding a physical space, any space, and heavily researching it. That means interviewing the people involved with it, finding...continue reading
Dom and Nick
Nick and I have decided to work on thesis together. We’d been discussing the idea for a while, but we finally formalized it with a handshake a week or two ago now. We met to discuss possibilities. Each of us had already been thinking about what our interests were. Individually, prior to our meeting, we...continue reading
