January 2008
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From the Editors: Signing On
To all the students that are reading this (or should be):
We want to thank Jordan, Alex, and Enric for their commitment to the New Idiom over the past two years. We have big shoes to fill and look forward to meeting that challenge this year.
One of our goals is to encourage more students to contribute articles to the newsletter. We understand that writing an article that is read by many people...
2008 IDSAB: What to expect
A new year at the Institute of Design doesn’t just mean new classes and professors. It also brings a new batch of students taking the helm of the Institute of Design Student Activities Board (IDSAB). The 2008 IDSAB organizations have begun setting their goals for the new year, . Here’s a rundown of what to expect:
IDSAB chairs: Lise Lynam and Judd Morgenstern
Lise and Judd have four...
A Brush with History: A Comparison of Media
When my sister asked our family to meet her new in-laws in Pakistan last Fall we all thought she was joking. Then we realized through her continuous pleas that this was important to her. We considered the existing political turmoil of Pakistan, yet we apprehensively purchased the tickets for December.
My sister’s husband, a Pakistani Muslim, along with his family wanted us to come and...
San Francisco Bay Area ID Alumni Chapter: Staying...
ID alumni Enric Gili Fort (MDes ’07), Colleen Murray (MDes ’03), and Mario Ruiz (MDM ’06) are starting an alumni chapter for the San Francisco Bay area and its 40 alumni.
Our goals are to build a sustainable Alumni network that creates social interactions, enables knowledge sharing and access to ID affiliates. We see this shaping in 4 ways.
1. In 2008, we’ll schedule bi-monthly “ID Socials” in...
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New IDer: Prashant Desai
Please quickly introduce yourself in a quick sentence. Where are you from? Major, age, etc.
Hi, my name is Prashant Desai. I’m a first-year foundation student and MDes candidate. I’m 25 years old and originally from the suburbs of Chicago.
Married? Not married Children? No kids. Politics? While I support Barack Obama, I do not align myself with either the Democratic or Republican parties –...
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Past IDer: Zachary Jean Paradis
Please quickly introduce yourself in a sentence or two.
I was born and raised on the East coast in Maine, travelled to the Midwest in 1991 to attend University of Chicago to study anthropology and psychology and, although I’ve lived in various other places since, I’ve never really “left” Chicago. I graduated from the ID last May, 2007 and since then have been with Sapient...
The Foundation Experience
Foundation year is a time of great intellectual and personal growth for most students who go through the program. It is a period of time when one attempts to learn everything he or she can about design. Students from a variety of unique backgrounds come together to immerse themselves in foam modeling, sketching, InDesign, photography and other digital realms.
Below are a series of quotes and...
Spring Classes, 2008
photos by Jordan Fischer
Before last Monday, I’d never seen the entire faculty in one place at one time. As usual, the topics of many recurring classes change from year to year, and there are also a lot of new classes which are, themselves, being prototyped. And so every semester, the faculty hosts this forum to tell us what’s new.
I came in a little skeptical, never having gone to one of...