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holyyy shit. it’s crazy that i just got accepted by NASA. what a big deal!
gotta thank all the people who stuck by me through it all, yall the OG’s. couldn’t have done it without you but fr like kudos to me right? for getting such a crazy job?
crazy world.
Wow, it’s been a month since I updated this. Hope it doesn’t reflect poorly on me.
Anyways, some life updates...
1. Finished half of my capstone project! People seemed to really enjoy it and care about the underlying themes throughout the collection.
2. Found a new facorite song. “ssx” by The Hellp is sooooooo good.
3. Bought my second pair of ROA shoes. They aren’t very comfy and definitely don’t warrant the price tag associated with them. They’re just so damn cool looking.
4. My project [BOX LIGHT] will be presented in New York alongside other student projects at the ICFF exhibition.
5. Cherry blossoms were really late this year. My theory—extra long spring and summer ahead of us. brutal and hot for sure.
This is so annoying, I really don’t like having to adjust my own f-stop. But I guess it’s just part of having a digital camera. It’s still really annoying and I think worth sharing that I’m annoyed.
Took some time to adjust the settings to aperture priority so we’ll see if this helps.
The first hard-goods product I am taking on for the ad&c | SS25 collection is a incense holder. So what better way for me to tell you about my design process and how I approach something like this than a blog post with no photos(lol).
First, consider the constraints. In this case, it has to match the concept of “Sliver” as well as being a one step process to manufacture. Easy, it’s going to be a molded product with some sort of physical sliver.
wow, this is going fast.
First off, I am 22 and just now realizing that my job and career I am interested in requires me to have a camera. How did I not realize that till now? No idea. But, you could say I’ve been on my grind and it’s about time that I had a camera for myself.
Don’t get me wrong, I have multiple cameras already. What I’m talking about is a digital DSLR/Mirrorless camera. I usually shoot my travel photos on a half-frame film camera which works amazing. Every photo you see on my homepage was a shot from that camera. I also have an amazing hardcore film camera that I love shooting with, but it’s time to get real (and digital).
Why do I keep undertaking such daunting projects? I have no idea. But, I do feel like this experience is going to give me more insight into what art means to me, mostly because product design has taught me that art isn’t as useful as function.
This art gallery will be for my personal capstone project that I am running with my two co-founders of the brand ad&c and will be a great experience for me to try something new.
This is getting ridiculous and out of hand. My senior capstone project relies on manufacturing goods for our brand ad&c. What me and the guys I run the brand with have realized is that manufacturingn and finding a manufactuerer is super difficult... like reallllly difficult.
Step one seems like it’s finding what we will manufacture. Step two, negotiating with manufactuerers and finding one that can work in low MOQ’s and send samples for cheap. Step three, being able to afford a production order of these garments. That’s so insane and hard.
Hoping I can circle back to this at some point to see if I figured any of this out.
So, there I was... at Bottos BBQ, trying to get a smashburger (best smashburger in Portland btw), when I saw the coolest sticker. The owner just decided to make a few stickers of some low quality photos of his dog. So sick. You don’t understand how funny it is for me now to just be working and someone will tell me my dog is really cute and how cool it is that I made stickers of them but I just tell them it’s not my dog. People go from excited, to confused, to weirdly disgusted lol. Just a weird thing that I’ve noticed lately.
Sat down and figured out a new schedule I would be working under for this term. Might seem like a small step for some, but this is huge for me. Getting to have order and fact into my life has given me the freedom to use my free time effectively. Hopefully this continues. . .
Wow. . . my thesis project with my business partners is getting exciting.
Let’s start with the scary. Making a work schedule: terrifying. Sticking to the work schedule: difficult. Coming up with concepts: confusing.
Now the exciting bits. I now know what my days will look like: refereshing. Working closely with people I love: relaxing. Making a brand with
friends: so much fun.
Overall, these next few weeks will be an exciting adventure where I continue to grow into the designer I want to be and get to work on a project that’s been on the backburner for far too long.