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Weaving Intersectionality Bringing back in my studio practice, by the end of the unit I completed a wearable piece of weaving that depicts statistics from the Design Council report on the UK design economy. It showcases on one side the ratio of 22% women to 78% men and on the other the ratio of 13%…

Symposium Script To begin unit 2 I picked up from unit 1 explorations on the male gaze and began to consider what it means to conform to a male dominated world – in the workplace, as a student, in everyday life The concept of womanliness as a masquerade as explained by joan riviere is a…

Finalizing of studio work, final draft of synthesis and draft of symposium slides Synthesis final INTRODUCTION To begin my inquiry within the first half of unit 2, i continued exploring and unpacking the male gaze through an art history lens. from that point, my research led me to consider societal patriarchal norms that exist in…

Further studio work + synthesis first draft Synthesis Bookend #1 – Introduction in the first half of unit 2, i began by exploring and unpacking the male gaze through an art history lens. from that point, my research lead me to consider societal patriarchal norms that exist in the workplace and, more specifically, the design…

further studio work + final draft of written response

Studio Progress + Draft #1 of written response on an open letter to mary daly by audre lorde, 1984 an open letter to mary daly, written by audre lorde as an essay in her book sister outsider, is a key example of an essay written with the intention of communicating a position. in this case,…

Continued exploration + research – honing in on the concept of weaving intersectionality as inspired by Extra Bold why weaving / knitting / knotting? – strong history of women / knitting / weaving as a form of storytelling – duality of strength and fragility – there are two sides to every woven piece – hidden…

Research on designing for resistance and experimentation with poster design & recontextualizing

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…