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Thesis Excerpts from the MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism Class of 2023

School of Visual Arts

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Aug 22, 2024

Getting Started & Practical Tools

“There are countless ways to research design. What matters most is finding what works for you.”

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

How To: Draw Conclusions

Swimming for meaning in comic book ink.

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

How To: Justify Empire

“How did American narratives of this historical truth cause the omission of Filipino narratives — some to the point of…

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

Customer Support

How-Tos contributed by MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism faculty and alumni.

How to Do Something New
by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Give yourself five years to suck at it. Tell people you’re trying something out. Let…

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

How To: Stay Cool

“I was very curious about this idea of enhancing the ordinary, the mundane, even the ugly, and not taking away its identity…

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Aug 22, 2024

How To: Dehumanize Parenthood

“Both the Radio Nurse and the Owlet Smart Sock are examples of products that attempt to design certainty…

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

How To: Re-Imagine City Life

“In the city, water and soil have entered a different circuit, defined by a commanding human-centered view of…

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

How To: Sell Youth Culture

“What happens when the teen on the street and the teen in the ad lock eyes?”

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SVA MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Aug 22, 2024

How To: Mobilize the Labor of Love

“By not articulating the value of mothers’ emotional labor, they further reinforce fathers’ destiny…

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