Editing Past and Current Photos

Ideation After finishing up the co-design session, I was struggling to grasp the idea of what an “artifact” is. I kept thinking it had to be an installation of an art piece because I made the distinction of “functional” and “non-functional” with design and art. I realize that this binary conception…

1st Co-design Session

Understanding Speculative Design In hindsight, ‘speculative design’ was particularly hard for me to grasp because I wasn’t in the physical classroom where we could act out speculative methods. I didn’t understand why we would design for something that wasn’t a reality. I kept wanting to think that this fantastical mindset was art, not…

Historical Context To study the historical context of how this term came about, I focused on 사대교린 (sadaegyorin) which was an ancient alliance with China. From 770BC, Asian diplomatic order had been upheld by sadaegyorin. This alliance shows how Korea has accepted toadyism towards a stronger country for a long time. More…

Implications of the “male gaze” exemplified by “molka”, a controversial Korean phenomenon — In the last month, Jung Jun Young, a Korean pop star was investigated for filming and sharing videos, showing him having sex with several women. During the investigation, group chats were found, containing conversations about drugging and raping numerous women. They clearly knew that these actions were actionable, but they…