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thesis presentationtastic adventure

we had to give a state-of-the-union sort of thesis presentation last wednesay. these are my slides. the compilation of the presentation was sort of greulling (albiet rewarding) for all of us; we drank a lot when it was done. indeed.

they're arranged in the proper order in this set; if you click through them and read the titles out loud, you will basically re-enact the whole thing.

the typeface is benton sans, which is FUCKING AWESOME.

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items are from 17 Nov 2007.

Good morning. I'd like to talk about feedback loops. To start, I'd like to read something I wrote on my blog during my first semester here: by fish2000

you're a loop: your heart beat and nervous system by fish2000

are controlled by complex waveforms that repeat until you're dead. by fish2000

your computer boots into something called a by fish2000

"main loop", which is a piece of code that repeats itself until you turn the thing off. by fish2000

a contract is a loop. businesses often by fish2000

forge loops between themselves that spin too fast and by fish2000

too hard for their own internal loops to deal with. by fish2000

For our purposes, we'll say that a loop is a structure whose beginning is joined with its end. by fish2000

When we think of a loop, we frequently think of a round thing. by fish2000

However, loops can be quite complex; by fish2000

and they need not be circular in appearance... as is the case with your circulatory system, by fish2000

as well as your subway system. by fish2000

Loops provide an illustration of the functional elements in design practice, by fish2000

from the minuta of closing paths in fontlab, by fish2000

up through the overarching economic and social forces that we’re enmeshed in, by fish2000

I am interested in feedback loops as the building blocks of communication and commentary. by fish2000

This project -- the very first project I did during my tenure here at RISD -- is the "folded pritzker prize book." It forms a loop with its contexts to meaningfully situate itself. by fish2000

Please, allow me to explain. by fish2000

Sophia Veye-zo-vit-tee described a method for pleating paper by fish2000

in her book, "folding architecture." by fish2000

She cites Rem Koolhaas's seminal "S, M, L, XL" by fish2000

as a primogenitor of the practical application of this sort of thing. by fish2000

After I read this, I decided to literally apply the technique she described back to Koolhaas. I got a copy of the 2000 pritzker prize ceremony program, from when Koolhaas won it. I systematically used the same pleat system on the entire book. by fish2000

... thus bringing the idea full-circle. by fish2000

Now, in an ideal feedback loop, by fish2000

what I produced would provide self-evident commentary. In re-examining past projects such as this one, I see now that loops describe an inherent part of the way that I work. by fish2000

The loops were there, even when I wasn't conscious of it. By being conscious, I can actively use loop dynamics throughout the design process. by fish2000

our department had in the Sol Koffler gallery, by fish2000

(along with hoon and jerlyn, my fellow curators,) by fish2000

I re-read Peter Bilak's "graphic design in the white cube" essay, by fish2000

and found myself disagreeing with much of it. by fish2000

I wrote a counter-essay, and typeset it, along with Mr. Bil'ak's original text by fish2000

which are designed to be displayed in a "white cube" gallery. by fish2000

The audience is invited to contribute their own sentiments and corrections by fish2000

via large red pens that have been hung with the posters. by fish2000

Thus, the posters' audience experiences the text about the white cube in the context of the white cube itself, by fish2000

with an opportunity to actively engage in the debate. by fish2000

My experimentation with these techniques by fish2000

The final phase of this project, which is yet to be realized, will document the showing of the posters and the resultant contributions from the audience by fish2000

in book form, a copy of which will be sent to mr. bilak via the post. THUS CLOSING THE LOOP. by fish2000

I will continue this experimentation with the goal of finding a way to build truly self-sustaining loops, which I intend to build, by fish2000

so that I might bring the potent force behind our celestial clockwork to bear on the pragmatics of design. by fish2000

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