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The last month I’ve been working closely with a friend on a wine project called, “as(if)”. The project relies heaavily on creating a systematic approach to traditional tasting notes. By focusing on this small detail, we are attempting to bridge the gap between traditional(heritage) wine brands and new-age(natural) wine brands.
The goal of the brand and project is to stop brands from working in binaries, getting rid of classism through a shared love of what’s most important–
how the wine tastes.
I was having an interesting conversation with someone a while back. They were giving me feedback and some pointers for this portfolio and what it could be and that conversation really stuck with me.
They explained that a portfolio really has to get only a few things across... One, that you have good ideas. Two, that you know how to actualize those good ideas. And three, that the final product does the well-intentioned project justice.
This approach to my portfolio was foreign to me as I was always taught to show every aspect of my process—front to back. But in reality, they were really hinting at the fact that the portfolio is something to get employers excited about you—excited about your ideas and outlook on things.
I’m going to try their approach and un-trust the process. I’m going to explain my thinking and why these projects need to exist but save everyone the time and not show sketches. At this point, I just want to share my deepest apologies to Trygve Faste (my design drawing teacher for 2 years) for my switch-up and hope he understands the reasoning :)
Here’s a playlist of my favorite songs from this month...
I : “About” by Another Michael
II : “Next Levels” by King Geedorah
III : “My Lady’s On Fire” by Ty Segall
IV : “Mutron Angel” by OutKast
V : “Ganja Baby” by Queen Omega
VI : “Que Bandeira” by Evinha
VII : “Hook” by Blues Traveler
VIII : “Caustic” by The Hellp
IX : “Like A Dog” by Jordana
X : “I’ll Be Faithful” by TV Girl
Apple Music & Spotify Links.
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.