Archive for October, 2004



Practising Theory

Published on October 30, 2004

It seems like every review discloses one significant conceptual or theoretical shift in my project, then the following review allows you to work practically through that shift…
In designing the posters for the presentation I found the space between clarifying my thoughts and negotiating possible readings, illuminated the parallel value in not labouring over what we [...]


Review Reflections #4

Published on October 20, 2004

The process of designing the two posters reiterated a few points from the previous review and asserted a new shift in the way I understood the contribution of designing the accounts.
It became clear again that the critique process within the studio was paramount to how the posters were refined. Although I never sought a tight [...]


Review #4

Published on October 16, 2004

For my PhD review this semester I presented the topic to date and specifically unpacked the process of preparing the two posters described in the last two entries. Review 4 Script, without images, covers some of the issues that arose from making the posters and outlines what I see to be the implications of making [...]


Substantiating Research Practice

Published on October 15, 2004

I prepared a second poster to go with the initial one that introduced our studio research project. This poster pulled back from the situated context of Studio Anybody and set out to posit the design knowing that emerged from our research.

Although I felt clear about what I wanted this poster to communicate, I struggled with [...]


Framing Research Practice

Published on October 14, 2004

I revisited the diorama models from the last review to design a visual account in the form of an A1 poster. The poster sought to locate my Masters research and cite the research questions that emerged from this study undertaken within the studio.

Working with the rhetorical reading of the repetitious images of the designer, [...]