MARILYN BAKER

Tag: written-task

  • Methods of Iterating: Written Work

    PART ONE Throughout the process of replicating Oskar Fischinger’s piece, Study No. 7, I’ve noticed several key aspects of his process that I’d like to investigate further. The abstract and gestural nature of his work helps to illustrate motion, not only when animated but also in the majority of the one hundred and sixty-five still…

  • Methods of Contextualizing: Written Work

    PART ONE In my personal practice, I tend to gravitate towards work that explores the minutiae of felt experiences. This often means that my research, referential materials and enquiries are less concerned with statistical information, leaning heavily qualitative over quantitative. Methods of Contextualizing asked that I disrupt this approach by tethering my iterations to a…

  • Methods of Translating: Written Task

    Susan Sontag’s writing is so decisive that it often reads like a manifesto, hence why the Conditional Design Manifesto felt like an apt method for exploration. I wanted to approach the written task for this brief from a more critical perspective, rather than a direct translation of its meaning. It was important to consider style…

  • Methods of Cataloguing: Written Task

    REFERENCES Crouwel, W. and Van Toorn, J. (2015) ‘The Debate’, in Poynor, R. (ed.) The Debate: The Legendary Contest of Two Giants of Graphic Design. New York: The Monacelli Press, pp. 21–38. 

  • Methods Of Investigating: Written Task

    While digesting this brief, I struggled to understand what I was looking for. I varied my search for a suitable site, ranging from Picadilly Circus to the quiet garden down the road. I couldn’t seem to define a viable method worth developing. In the first several pages of Georges Perec’s, Speicies of Spaces, I thought…