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MA Design Principles & Practices3 Weeks (November 15 - December 04)Personal /  Prototyping, Design Thinking
What is design to you?
This project reflects my understanding of design as a process of arriving at form. Working across paper, clay, wood, and finally a 3D-printed cube, I treated each material as a way to test resistance, precision, and intention. While these iterations functioned as explorations, the cube represents a moment of resolution—where decisions stop and form becomes fixed. In contrast to the idea of “thinking outside the box,” this project embraces the box itself as a meaningful outcome: a structure shaped through constraint, judgment, and refinement. For me, design is not the generation of endless possibilities, but the discipline of knowing when a form has arrived.

  1. The Cube
  2. The Cube — open
  3. Paper Cube 
  4. Clay Cube
  5. Wooden Cube
MA Design Principles & Practices3 Weeks (November 15 - December 04)Personal /  Prototyping, Design Thinking
What is design to you?
This project reflects my understanding of design as a process of arriving at form. Working across paper, clay, wood, and finally a 3D-printed cube, I treated each material as a way to test resistance, precision, and intention. While these iterations functioned as explorations, the cube represents a moment of resolution—where decisions stop and form becomes fixed. In contrast to the idea of “thinking outside the box,” this project embraces the box itself as a meaningful outcome: a structure shaped through constraint, judgment, and refinement. For me, design is not the generation of endless possibilities, but the discipline of knowing when a form has arrived.