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Uncovering the Gender Gap in the Design Industry To begin my inquiry I started with gathering references around the male gaze, the female gaze, and general feminist topics. In my research I landed on Joan Riviere 1929 writing, Womanliness as Masquerade. To quote Riviere “Womanliness therefore could be assumed and worn as a mask, both…

Uncovering the Gender Gap in the Design Economy

Final week of making and continuing to analyze reference Focus on making of a small publication / extendable poster highlighting facts from the Design Councils The Design Economy 2018 Report Publication uses only female designed fonts – primary font is times new roman designed by Dora Laing but credited to two men Imagery is of…

Reference Gathering and First Attempts at Making Focusing on two references: Joan Rivieres Womanliness as a Masquerade 1929 “Womanliness therefore could be assumed and worn as a mask, both to hide the possession of masculinity and to avert the reprisals expected if she was found to possess it — much as a thief will turn…

Reference Gathering!

12+ References Ahmed, S. (2017). ‘Introduction: Bringing Feminist Theory Home’ Living a Feminist Life Durham: Duke University Press. Pp. 1-18 “A concept is worldly, but it is also a reorientation to a world, a way of turning things around, a different slant on the same thing. More specifically, a sweaty concept is one that comes…

Ahmed, S. (2017). ‘Introduction: Bringing Feminist Theory Home’ Living a Feminist Life Durham: Duke University Press. Pp. 1-18 “A concept is worldly, but it is also a reorientation to a world, a way of turning things around, a different slant on the same thing. More specifically, a sweaty concept is one that comes out of…

METHOD: REPRODUCING / RETOUCHING TOPIC: THE MALE GAZE IN ART HISTORY, ANALYZING AND UNPACKING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, AND ATTEMPTING TO ‘REVERSE’ THE MALE GAZE MEDIA: DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION QUESTIONS BEING ASKED SUBJECT REFERENCE INSPIRATION “But the essential way of seeing women, the essential use to which their images are put, has not changed. Women are…

METHOD: LAYERING TO DELETE / REDACT / CENSOR TOPIC: THE MALE GAZE IN ART HISTORY AND ANALYZING AND UNPACKING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE MEDIA: SCREEN / BLOCK  PRINTING (NON TRADITIONALLY) QUESTIONS BEING ASKED IN PROGRESS – ‘Censoring’ the male gaze using black and florescent ink to simultaneously redact and highlight. Experimenting with outlines and highlighting…

Week 2 / Final Creating a tactile hand held interchangeable map of the London Underground for the blind -> Designing a poster amplifying the unheard voices of the blind that is accessible by both visually impaired and those with full sight