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FASHION DESIGN. “MINE” FASHION SHOW, 2018. INDEPENDENT E X P L O R AT I O N .
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“WHEN I WAS YOUNG I LOVED PLAYING WITH LEGOS” IS NOT THE STORY I INTEND TO TELL, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNG I REALLY DID ENJOY PLAYING WITH LEGOS, THE THING IS THAT DESIGN HAS STARTED TO MAKE ME QUESTION…. WHY? MAKE IT - BREAK IT, DISRUPT IT, CONFUSE IT, AGAINST IT - BY FOR IT, SCREAM IT ,THERE IT IS… THERE IT IS. BREAK IT I LIKE TO NOT FOLLOW RULES, I REALLY DO. DURING ARESENTATION I PREFER TO MAKE MY RENDERS BLACK WHEN THEY ARE ASKED TO BE WHITE. AFTER ALL, IN A ROW OF PROJECTS DISPLAYED NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO GRAB YOUR ATTENTION? A WHITE RENDER IN THE MIXT OF MANY OTHERS ? OR A BLACK ONE? DISRUPT IT ARCHITECTURE HAS TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE, SELL YOUR PRODUCT, AND SELL YOURSELF, THROUGH NOT TEACHING ME HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE, SELL MY PRODUCT, AND SELL MYSELF.
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE - UNDERGRADU A T E - T H I R D Y E A R , S E C O N D S E M E S T E R .
CONFUSE IT - DESIGN HAS SPARKED AN INTEREST IN ME BY TEACHING ME HOW TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT I AM NOT BEING TAUGHT, AND THINK ABOUT THE THINGS I AM NOT ASKED TO THINK ABOUT. AGAINST IT - BY FOR IT - THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TEACHING HOW TO OBEY, I HAVE TAKEN AWAY AND LEARNED HOW TO DISOBEY BY OBEYING. THROUGH THE INTENSE PEDAGOGY THAT IS EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL TO A TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL PEDAGOGY, I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTROVERSIAL TOWARDS THE CONTROVERSY OF TRADITIONAL. SCREAM IT - THROUGH MANY FORMS, AND THINGS, AND STUFF, AND QUESTIONS, AND EXAMPLES, AND PRECEDENTS, AND ARCHITECTS, AND CLASSES, AND ESSAYS, AND MODELS, AND RENDERS, AND PLANS, AND SECTIONS, AND MANY OTHER, AND MANY MORE THINGS, ONE THING THAT I HAVE DEVELOPED SUCH INTEREST IN, IS HOW TO USE MY VOICE, AND MAKE SURE IT GETS HEARD, NO MATTER HOW LOUD I HAVE TO GET. THERE IT IS - AGAIN, WHAT A WHITE RENDER IN THE MIXT
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YOU THINK IS GOING TO GRAB YOUR ATTENTION? MANY OTHER WHITE RENDERS? OR A BLACK ONE?
T H E R E I T I S - T H E E X C I T E M E N T TO B E T E R R I F I E D , TO C O N F R O N T I T , TO E M B R A C E I T, TO U S E I T A S M Y FUEL, ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT ARCHITECTURE HAS TAUGHT ME IN THESE PAST YEARS. THE INTERESTS I HAVE DEVELOPED IN CREATING AN ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCT THROUGH AN EXTREMELY UNORTHODOX ARCHITECTURAL WAY OF THINKING, AND UNDERGOING EXERCISES THAT FORCE ME TO THINK OUTSIDE THE “ARCHITECTURAL” BOX, ROLE, AND MINDSET. I HAVE DEVELOPED SUCH AN INTEREST IN BREAKING THINGS, AND CREATING A DISCOURSE OUT OF WHY, HOW, OR WHEN IT GOT BROKEN, AND WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF ITS NEW RECONSTRUCTION. ARCHITECTURE HAS EQUIPPED ME TO START PAINTING A MASTERPIECE WITHOUT A PAINTBRUSH, CANVAS,OR PAINT, YET IT IS A MASTERPIECE THAT DOES NOT SPEAK TO TALENT, BUT SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESSION AND THE INDULGENCE OF LEARNING TO LEARN ABOUT MYSELF. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I AM ARMED TO CONFRONT WHAT COMES MY WAY, AND THE EXCITEMENT I CARRY ALONG MY WAY CAN’T BE POSSIBLY EXPRESSED IN THIS STATEMENT. ITS LIKE A TICKING BOMB THAT IS JUST WAITING TO EXPLODE, AFTER ALL ISNT THAT WHAT DESIGN TEACHES US TO BE? BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT I HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF IT. I AM CURIOUS TO SEE IN WHAT DIRECTION I HEAD THESE UPCOMING YEARS, I COULD SAY I AM PRETTY SURE OF WHERE I AM HEADING, BUT YET AGAIN I THOUGHT I WAS SURE ABOUT WHAT ARCHITECTURE WAS UNTIL I STARTED TO OBSERVE IT, SO I CAN’T REALLY SAY THAT I AM SURE OF WHERE I AM HEADING, OR HOW. I AM EXCITED TO KEEP PLAYING WITH LEGOS, AND I THOUGHT I COULD ANSWER THE “WHY” IT IS I INDULGE IN PLAYING WITH THEM, BUT I THINK IT IS BEST TO SAY THAT “WHY” IS SOMETHING I WILL FIND OUT LATER, PATIENCE IS KEYAFTER ALL. I
HOPE
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MADE
SENSE
THROUGH
THIS
NONSENSE.