Author Archives: Amanda Akers

Like with the fashion detox I learned I had a couple great epiphanies about others and myself. From the beginning, I began to see how we do not learn from past mistakes. Even though we do not make large stone … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago we talked about design activism. The brainstorming session within our group helped me to understand more about what design activism is and how it can be used in real world settings. I think that design activism is … Continue reading →

This week held the biggest epiphany of all!!! I am so so thankful that I chose to go to the creativity forum! I have told plenty of people since Tuesday that the most amazing part of the forum was seeing … Continue reading →

This week my epiphany came in kind of a weird stage of things. I am very insecure when it comes to well most things, but especially my impending career I will be thrust into in May. As stated before I … Continue reading →

In Dr. Armstrong’s video this week, I found the idea of down-cycling very interesting. I had never heard of this idea before. I think I generally clumped what is considered down-cycling and called it up-cycling. I believe it is important … Continue reading →

I have already posted, but I wanted to share a link I found with my fellow Interior Design student. It is an Interior Design student from LA’s blog about biomimicry in Interior Design! I hope you find his articles interesting … Continue reading →

This week brought so many different epiphanies and pondering thoughts. I really enjoyed the readings this week and beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. So many weeks I left class with a heavy heart and … Continue reading →

This week was such a change from where we have been. I think the biggest epiphany came when we did the “what if?” project in class. Asking what if, seems so simple however, it is the beginning of creating a … Continue reading →

This week, even though the reading was a little difficult to read, to me, had the most direct and potential solutions to our consumerism problems. I believe that understanding the whole package of what has driven down prices creating “artificially … Continue reading →

This week I found the idea of empathetic design to be so interesting. While discussing with our learning communities it was interesting to hear what items people hold onto and the qualities about them that make people hold onto them. … Continue reading →