Lit by Design presents
The New Design Times October Issue | Vol. 2.1
Halloween Guide / p. 2-4 City Events / p. 5 Lit x Design: 2 poems / p. 6
Halloween opinion “Dots are a top-tier candy.”
RANT OF THE MONTH “I do not need to see a snake toy from IKEA for you to call it a damn costume. You’re just being a doppelganger of yourself, but it’s 10x worse.” (You are lucky this is anonymous)
October’s focus is on the school’s new history teacher, JESS RICHTER. Interview by Lexy Frye Yanos New Design Times: What was your first impression of New Design? My first impression of New Design was when I came for an interview, and immediately there were several things about the school that I hadn't seen in any other schools, like the shop, or the fact that there was music playing in the halls, or the art on the walls. Scott showed me the roof and library after I finished my interview. There's just a lot of things about the school that create joy in people who are here, Fighting the good apps. New history teacher Jess R. both staff and students. That’s what stood out to me. Are there any interesting stories from your time at New Design already? I don’t know if this is the answer you’re looking for… but last night I had a dream that I was subbing for a class, and I was really tired in my dream and there were 45 students in the room. I was like “guys we can just like, lie down on the tables and chill and watch a movie?” Then everyone including myself fell asleep. So when I woke up I was like, “Cool. I just taught a class that was basically nap time.” How much have phones been a problem? The problem is that apps like Tiktok, Instagram, etc. are built and designed by billionaires and Silicon Valley to psychologically manipulate their users to look at the apps as much as possible. So I don’t feel like I'm fighting phones, I feel like I'm fighting how good apps are at getting us to want to look at them, and that's a tough fight. PHOTO BY XIN PING CHEN
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