This week flew by. I'm almost over my cold so I'm feeling a lot better but I was ready for the week to be over Tuesday evening. I think this week felt a bit long since I was on campus Saturday and Monday in addition to Tuesday and Thursday. I do finally feel like I'm finally catching up and finding my rhythm. Which is good because I signed up for four Coursera classes that all started this week. Fundamentals of Graphic Design by California Institute of the Arts Introduction to Typography by California Institute of the Arts Art & Ideas: Teaching [...]

I think I now get why some of my professor friends warned me about grad school being hard on a marriage. Though Karl and I physically inhabited the same space this weekend I barely felt present. To be fair, I am feeling extra overwhelmed from being sick, and a heavy freelance load, but just the sheer volume of research and pressure to work at a higher level for grad school is more than enough to cause me to be checked out. Karl's taking it well though. He's being super supportive and is catching up on sleep. He accompanied me to the [...]

Art 625: Design Research Readings & Seminar Tuesday: Objectified Video Documentary Watched and took notes on a design documentary called Objectified. It was a very interesting look at what several designers consider good design. Some interesting nuggets from the video include: design as the search for form creating items that stand the test of time vs objects meant to be temporary the idea that objects become family; our relationship with objects designing things that get better with use designers as culture generators Thursday: Reading Discussion Art 640: Contemporary Media/Communication Studio Tuesday: Discussed Title IX and what to do when a [...]