Source Material (SM) is student-led publication dedicated to showcasing work that celebrates multidisciplinary collaboration, and challenging traditional, institutionalized design. The name Source Material comes directly from the idea of collecting or “sourcing” materials and content directly from the student body.
Issue 08: Frames
How do you look back on your cherished times, hardships and successes, your everyday routine, and notable moments? Is there a song or album that takes you back to a specific drive to school or home from work? Does your camera roll reveal forgotten moments of your summer? Does a beautiful photo, taken amidst the chaos of daily life help you romanticize your experiences?
The idea for this issue emerged as we found ourselves in different cities over the summer. Our shared videos during discussions became significant frames of our everyday lives during that time apart. In Issue 08: Frames, we asked students and alumni to explore the myriad ways we document and remember our lived experiences. We each capture moments we want to hold onto, and how we choose to frame these memories influences how we recall them in the future.
I was in charge of overall project management and designed release party and promotional flyers.
How do you look back on your cherished times, hardships and successes, your everyday routine, and notable moments? Is there a song or album that takes you back to a specific drive to school or home from work? Does your camera roll reveal forgotten moments of your summer? Does a beautiful photo, taken amidst the chaos of daily life help you romanticize your experiences?
The idea for this issue emerged as we found ourselves in different cities over the summer. Our shared videos during discussions became significant frames of our everyday lives during that time apart. In Issue 08: Frames, we asked students and alumni to explore the myriad ways we document and remember our lived experiences. We each capture moments we want to hold onto, and how we choose to frame these memories influences how we recall them in the future.
I was in charge of overall project management and designed release party and promotional flyers.
We hosted a picnic workshop for attendees to create artworks and writings for the publication. Prompts were provided to guide the attendees back to their summer and how they want to frame these memories.
The release party was an event composed of three sections—the publications displayed on a 6 ft shelf built by Matt Demas, a section for attendees to create keychains with images from the publication, and a projection of the video submissions edited by Elliana Lee and Nick Rheem.
Issue 07: Love
Love excites us, strengthens us, supports us in times of need, and brings us together. In this issue, we feature diverse accounts of love from our contributing students/alumni. From stories of their first love and crushes to spicy romance, these stories add up to what love means in each and every one of us—how each of us define it and feel it.
I codesigned the main publication, tote bag and social media posts.
Editors: Ruby Kim, Elliana Lee, Nick Rheem, Genie Wu, Matt Demas, Jamie Kim
Love excites us, strengthens us, supports us in times of need, and brings us together. In this issue, we feature diverse accounts of love from our contributing students/alumni. From stories of their first love and crushes to spicy romance, these stories add up to what love means in each and every one of us—how each of us define it and feel it.
I codesigned the main publication, tote bag and social media posts.
Editors: Ruby Kim, Elliana Lee, Nick Rheem, Genie Wu, Matt Demas, Jamie Kim
We provided prompts related to love as well as a “starter pack” worksheet for the attendees to write about their partner, friend, ideal type, or anyone they love.
In addition to the main publication, we created a separate mini zine to specifically feature these workshop creations. We also created boxes and set them up around campus to collect annonymous notes about love from students.
In addition to the main publication, we created a separate mini zine to specifically feature these workshop creations. We also created boxes and set them up around campus to collect annonymous notes about love from students.
To match the theme of love for the release event, we painted wooden cubes red to use as a base to display the publications. We also produced a limited run of screenprinted tote bags featuring 20 heart drawings from our contributors.
Issue 06: amends
For our Fall 2023 issue, we noticed how there’s been a lot of conversation amongst our peers about going through a “healing era”. We seeked stories about repair or things you wish could be repaired, unsent letters to long lost friends and soured relationships, and images of broken items that were once cherished.
I developed the theme of amends, interactive release party installation and publication display.
Editors: Ruby Kim, Elliana Lee, Sean Nagao, Aldon Chen
For our Fall 2023 issue, we noticed how there’s been a lot of conversation amongst our peers about going through a “healing era”. We seeked stories about repair or things you wish could be repaired, unsent letters to long lost friends and soured relationships, and images of broken items that were once cherished.
I developed the theme of amends, interactive release party installation and publication display.
Editors: Ruby Kim, Elliana Lee, Sean Nagao, Aldon Chen
Hand-made three plywood tables with Elliana Lee and installed paper scrolls for attendees to sew on messages.
Issue 05: Ways of Mapping
From etchings on ancient clay tablets to Medieval atlases to Google Earth, maps have played an essential role in the way humanity has navigated, visualized, and represented the world we occupy. It is because of these functions that maps have also been historically utilized and deployed by dominant powers wanting to preserve their status quo by instantiating and reinforcing a certain dogmatic way of seeing the world.
For Issue 05: Ways of Mapping, Source Material collaborated with ArtCenter students and alumni to explore and examine how maps have influenced and continue to influence the way we witness the world around us. The publication stands as a document and a celebration of nuance and individual subjectivity, inviting new modes of cartography that emphasize each person’s singular experience of the world rather than how it’s presented to us.
I co-designed the publication / release party and held workshop events.
Editors: Ruby Kim, Aldon Chen, Rebecca Brown, Nick Rheem, Sean Nagao, Elliana Lee
From etchings on ancient clay tablets to Medieval atlases to Google Earth, maps have played an essential role in the way humanity has navigated, visualized, and represented the world we occupy. It is because of these functions that maps have also been historically utilized and deployed by dominant powers wanting to preserve their status quo by instantiating and reinforcing a certain dogmatic way of seeing the world.
For Issue 05: Ways of Mapping, Source Material collaborated with ArtCenter students and alumni to explore and examine how maps have influenced and continue to influence the way we witness the world around us. The publication stands as a document and a celebration of nuance and individual subjectivity, inviting new modes of cartography that emphasize each person’s singular experience of the world rather than how it’s presented to us.
I co-designed the publication / release party and held workshop events.
Editors: Ruby Kim, Aldon Chen, Rebecca Brown, Nick Rheem, Sean Nagao, Elliana Lee
The release of Issue 05 was an event held at the Sculpture Garden at ArtCenter College of design, including a scavenger hunt and an installation that held 500 copies of the publication.