Master's in Design for Emergent Futures: Research, Design Experiments, & Interventions

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Text, textile, and technology all originate from the same Proto-indo-european language family. I believe that
recognizing and respecting our roots, and the complexity of our natural ecosystems and social networks
can help us design a more sustainable and harmonious future. A knitted fabric relies on one thread to hold
the entire structure together and when cut a single point, it can be unravelled completely. In contrast, a
woven relies on countless individual threads and will retain its structure even when slashed several times.
To build a reslient system we can look to a diversity of individuals, inputs and intelligences. Our diverse
skills, knowlegde, and attititudes exist in relation to each other and as we develop them, we strengthen
our networks on a personal, community and global level. I began this course by mapping our my skills,
interests, and aspirations into a simple weave. As I grow as a designer, an artist of craft, and a person, I hope
to strenthen the fibers of my personal weaving project (see above).