Prairie Cloak

Name: Hannah O'Hare Bennett
Class: DS 501 Sustainable Forms
Major: Textile Design


This piece addressed issues of sustainability in art and design by using mulberry fiber harvested from a local restored prairie, and transforming it into a strong, flexible paper. Mulberry is an invasive species in Wisconsin. It would have been weeded out of the prairie to make room for native plants, so using it for paper was an excellent way to use something that would have been disposed otherwise. / It was important for the piece to refer to the land that it came from, and also to my personal history as a farmer and person interested in environmental issues. This piece can also be used in performance.   

*Recipient of the Honorable Mention

Zonk office design

Name: Bixi Zhang
Class: DS 622, Interior Design III, Jennifer Meyers
Major: Interior Design


ZONK is a small software design company that should be creative and lively. My design for its interior focuses on inspiring people’s innovation and giving them a relaxed feeling while working here. Besides, the circulation idea of the floor plan is comes from an ancient building I’ve visited before—Angkor wat, the temple in Cambodia. There are two main circulations for the whole interior space, which divide the space into private workspace and teamwork area. To be a space that can inspire workers idea, I use as less partition walls as possible in case of prohibiting the interaction between people. Instead, I build some wood stripes, glass walls and open areas to give an impression of more connected. People who working at one area won’t be separated from others.

Deep Sea Creature

Name: Yeonhee Cheong
Class: DS501, Intro to Textile Design, Mary Hark
Major: Textile Design

This piece experiments 3-dimensionality of crochetting by contrasting with the base of grids and adding beads occasionally to emphasize the height.

Sewol Ensemble

Name: Yeonhee Cheong
Class: DS427 Print & Dye II, Jennifer Angus
Major: Textile Design


Based on the tradition of commemorative Toile as a conversational print, this fabric and the garment try to ignite discourse on the Sewol ferry incident in South Korea, in which hundreds of people couldn't get rescued due to multiple collusive ties.

Collaboration

Name: Emily L. R. Adams
Class: DS999, Independent Study, Prof. Jennifer Angus


This piece explores the connectivity of individuals through grouping and similarities by association. Each portrait is formatted in a similar style and scale, yet each one remains unique in its defining characteristics. Displayed on the wall as a group, each piece relates to one another when the edges of each piece become visible. As a design studies student I have been exploring different ways to think about and understand pattern, not only one the surface but within our relationships. Presented together, these portraits become a collaboration; "The action of working with someone to produce or create something."