Autobiography:
In this exercise we made a paper book cover of our "autobiography" in 10 years. The Title I created was "You Can Make It" which points to my intention on helping bring products to life as a product designer and overall teaching people to think creatively and pursue product Ideas. The inner flap bio explains my goals to work at a design firm, become a street artist, and create products which span all aspects of human interaction. See below.
Prompt:
1.Take a piece of paper and fold it in half.
2.Write the name of your autobiography ten years from now.
3.Now open up the fold and write your inner flap bio in third person - again ten years from now.
Folded Paper:
Making my life as an artist:
In this exercise, we put into perspective where we see ourselves in the next five years Personally, Professionally, and Creatively. We then thought about 3 values to live by which might help us achieve what we want to achieve.
Prompt:
Step 1. What do you want personally, professionally, and creatively in the next five years?
Personally means everything in your life that does not have to do with working or making art.
Professionally means how your career unfolds, and how your work is supported and delivered to the world.
Creatively means your creative practice and the skills, time, and collaborations that make it possible.
The next 5 Years:
Personally:
I want to get better at rock climbing and climb an outdoor V10 and 5.13a
Live in NYC (or other cool city) and find a cool community of people
Improve my cooking skills
Travel to places in Europe
Professionally:
Continue to challenge myself in work with startups and product design
Start my own company (brand, firm, product, etc.)
Develop my portfolio with things I have created or worked on which help people
Gain enough experience to become a mentor
Creatively:
Find and join a community of creative designers/artist
Become a well known street artist with meaningful work
Improve my clothing brand and continue it for years to come
Be involved with creating a short film or a movie
Write a book
3 Values:
Be open
Be ambitious
Be fun