Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Industrial Design
Department
Industrial Design
First Advisor
Ayako Takase
Second Advisor
Rachel Berwick
Third Advisor
Maria Alexia Platia
Abstract
Design exists as a field within the domain of material, accompanied by art, engineering, and craft. Working in material allows the designer to develop material fluency, a language that is composed of matter in space. Material can be used to communicate - it can also be used to think. By engaging the body and its senses in the act of making one can connect the space around the body to the space of the mind, allowing ideas to exist in objects and thinking to happen through interaction with material. Through the documentation of a process of making in wood, glass, and light, I explore how the ways we think are inextricably tied to our sensory experiences of, within, and as a part of the material world.
Recommended Citation
Mikaela Glenn, Lauren, "Material Illumination" (2022). Masters Theses. 917.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/917
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Comments
View exhibition online: Lauren Mikaela Glenn, Material Illumination