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"It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness."

- Chuck Palahniuk  (via kateoplis)

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@areainsta, Michael Chase on Instagram

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Message in the Environment
Art Center College of Design Sinclair Pavilion, 25 ft x 2.5 ft

Typographic installation consisting of approximately 3,600 toy soldiers, each an inch and a half tall. “YOU GO GIRL” was chosen because from afar, the quote seems trite - something thrown around daily, casually said at a softball game or to calm someone’s nerves right before a big event. But if the viewer is curious enough to walk up the hill and take a closer look, they will discover that each letterform is constructed of a team of army women, each individually spray painted hot pink and strategically laid out on the landscape. 

The installation required maintaining mental strength, endurance, patience, and dedication to do whatever it took to make a valued statement seen. It manifested in myself exactly what I intended to portray to the public about strong, independent women. Society often sees women being physically built to not as strong as men. But strength is a measure of not only physical but also emotional power, and women throughout history have excelled in both categories.

In 1994, the Ground Combat Exclusion policy officially banned women from serving in combat, but the issue remained a back and forth controversy over the years.

Coincidentally, the installation relevantly took place around the same time Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the military’s ban on women serving in combat, recognizing that women are just as, if not more, adept in strength and power to fight for their country. 

Stay tuned for a time lapse video coming up in the next few weeks!

On the Fence
Brian Rea
Term 05 Spring 2013

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Marius Lundgård
Ginsberg’s America (Berkeley, 1956), 2009

This book is a visual rendition of Allen Ginsberg’s delivery of his poem America at Berkeley in 1956. The poem—Ginsberg’s voice—is transcribed and typeset in Times Bold, while the audience’s laughter and comments is painted in Indian ink straight on the silkscreen film.

Printed with Kees Maas at the GRA silkscreen workshop

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Nollie Flip Stool

Skate-Home is a new company that combines two passions, skateboarding and interior design. They make original furniture always inspired by the skateboard shape.

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"The uncommon beauty of common things."

- Charles Eames (via sorakeem)

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