THE FUTURE OF BELONGING
Exhibition Visual Identity for Studio Forward and Google.The work in this exhibition represented the research, experiments, and projects that came out of one semester's investigation in the Studio Forward class. Students were tasked with speculating how the humans of future generations will connect with each other and the world around them. Rather than unifying their interpretations of "belonging" and "future" under a single symbol, I created a visual system that reflects the diversity of their concepts, methods, and backgrounds.
The foundation of the identity system is 4 overlapping circles: a 4 part ven diagram. The overlapping parts and the "untouched" parts of the circles were separated and used as components to create assets. These assets were then used together to create a kit of symbols. To create compositions, I made a grid with an awkward number of columns and rows to force the symbols and typographic elements to share space.
The foundation of the identity system is 4 overlapping circles: a 4 part ven diagram. The overlapping parts and the "untouched" parts of the circles were separated and used as components to create assets. These assets were then used together to create a kit of symbols. To create compositions, I made a grid with an awkward number of columns and rows to force the symbols and typographic elements to share space.
Exhibition Statement
We are mapping a liberatory zone, expanding what we think could be and asking what we think should be, beyond the known constraints of the present.
The work in this exhibition represents the research, experiments and projects that came out of one semester’s investigation in the Studio Forward class. Studio Forward is a topical, year-long sponsored studio course that brings together graduate and advanced undergraduate students from different disciplines at CCA. Students leveraged their diverse backgrounds, perspectives and practices to collectively investigate The Future of Belonging while developing collaborative ways of working in multidisciplinary teams. The way each collective uniquely approached the idea of belonging spanned scales, relationships, and time leading to themes and outputs/mediums that are as diverse as the student body - from posters, to websites, from speculative artifacts to future machines. Ultimately, together, the Studio created a vibrant and speculative view of what it means to belong with oneself, with each other, and with our earth.
More information about the show is available Here.
We are mapping a liberatory zone, expanding what we think could be and asking what we think should be, beyond the known constraints of the present.
The work in this exhibition represents the research, experiments and projects that came out of one semester’s investigation in the Studio Forward class. Studio Forward is a topical, year-long sponsored studio course that brings together graduate and advanced undergraduate students from different disciplines at CCA. Students leveraged their diverse backgrounds, perspectives and practices to collectively investigate The Future of Belonging while developing collaborative ways of working in multidisciplinary teams. The way each collective uniquely approached the idea of belonging spanned scales, relationships, and time leading to themes and outputs/mediums that are as diverse as the student body - from posters, to websites, from speculative artifacts to future machines. Ultimately, together, the Studio created a vibrant and speculative view of what it means to belong with oneself, with each other, and with our earth.
More information about the show is available Here.
