Work in Progress is a podcast that is interested in the ways design students talk about their thesis projects. Each episode is hosted by Karissa Munaf, a senior at Parsons School of Design. She began this project as part of her thesis project. The conversations will focus on the subject matter but particularly on the research, process, and the unforetold stories that students have throughout their thesis journeys.
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Work in Progress is a podcast that is interested in the ways design students talk about their thesis projects. Each episode is hosted by Karissa Munaf, a senior at Parsons School of Design. She began this project as part of her thesis project. The conversations will focus on the subject matter but particularly on the research, process, and the unforetold stories that students have throughout their thesis journeys.
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April 9, 2021
09. What is the power of a playlist?
<p>Charis Forrester is a senior studying Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. For her first experiment, Charis created and branded her own indie record label called "Dirty Boots." She was inspired by Factory Records and their way of cataloging everything, so the idea she had for "Dirty Boots" was to attribute a boot to every new release. However, in her second experiment, she wanted to reach a bigger audience—something that is more relatable while still keeping her passion and love for music. So she decided to explore the cultural significance of playlists. She is creating multiple zines that consist of people's playlist submissions. Each zine has its own mood, such as joy, parties, love, anger, and pain. In this conversation, I got to learn so much about the art of creating a playlist--it is like a love language as Charis says it. I got to learn more about the type of music that she loves so much, from the history of post-punk to the bands, and lastly, I learned that there is so much power in the sharing of music that often gets overlooked.</p>
April 1, 2021
08. What can black aesthetics teach you about influence and inspirations?
<p>Will Howell is a senior studying Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. For thesis, Will decided to devote his thesis project to explore more of his identity. Will is an African-American designer, so a lot of his research centers on black aesthetics in graphic design. In his first experiment, he curated a visual zine of some of the major contributing characters who make up the black design aesthetic over the past 100 years. Due to America's history of racism and poor documentation of the black existence, this zine became a point of reference for a younger version of himself. For his second experiment, he made the decision to pivot from found material to original material to try and do something he had never done before, which is to design a capsule collection. He wanted to explore what his aesthetic is like as a black designer while keeping in mind some of the key points raised in Sylvia Harris's "<strong>Searching for a Black Aesthetic in American Graphic Design</strong>" essay. The final form will be a virtual exhibition that showcases the different garments designed with a concept called "starting from zero." This was a very meaningful conversation to me since it was my first time learning so much about black aesthetics—from the origins and history to the ideology itself. I learned that the black aesthetic influences a lot of us in many different ways which I think often gets overlooked. In the end, Will taught me a lot about what it means to try new things and to be authentic in what I do.</p>
March 25, 2021
07. How does art open conversations about morality and laws?
<p>Eva Serrano Reisner is a senior studying Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. Eva began her thesis journey by asking the question, "Are laws moral?" but the question felt too open, so she expanded upon this question and ended up with, "How does current American democracy prevent a true way of living under one's own morals?" She approached the question in two different ways. Her first experiment was to redesign the voting ballot, and for the final form, Eva is rewriting the laws that only contain the word "God" in the US code. The reason for this is to show the relationship between Christianity and American laws—to prove that it exists. Through this project, Eva is hoping that she could present these ideas without forcing an overly critical voice. The goal is to make people aware so that they can have their own thoughts on the matter, and allow others to take action.</p>
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