Students Zone

Without a doubt, the funnest time I had working on a project while at Art Center. Environmental graphics can be more than just big type on a wall. How can you do something to the school in a unique way?

For this project, me and my partner Grace Park, decided to do something you would never see at Art Center. As an Art Center student, it is popular belief that we don’t have time to have fun or sleep, or like to read. We wanted to show how each of these things can actually benefit you as a designer. We also wanted to bring a sense of humor to campus. Most of the time we carry ourselves a little too seriously as Art school students. This is the time we should be experimenting and having as much fun as possible with each project. This project consisted of: a Fun Zone, Sleep Zone, and Reading Zone.

Fun Zone:

Contrary to popular Art school belief, having fun or aka a Social Life

is not as Bobby Boucher’s mom would say “the Devil.” Moments of fun

lead to different experiences. Having parts of yourself in your work

leads to original work. Original work leads to standing out. Standing

out leads to big checks and pinky rings.

Sleep Zone:

A wise man once said, “I can sleep when I’m dead.” A wiser man

said,“Fuck that I gotta have my beauty sleep.” Before you wind

up hitting a parked car after your eleventeenth all–nighter, it is wise

to actually sleep from time to time. Sleep improves creative ability

to generate aha! moments and to uncover novel connections among

seemingly unrelated ideas.

Reading Zone:

Student read a book with little or no pictures in it (I believe at

normal colleges they call that “book learnin’.”) She proceeded

to be inquisitive of the world around her. Little did she know it

would lead to a great idea. We’re supposed to be the people

that make culture, not decorate culture.