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The Wobo "World" Bottle remodeled
Rhino model of interlocking recycled glass bottles, able to be used as a building material. Tested out a few curves and tops before...
Sydney Olszewski
Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Finally- masterplan
There is no "finished" or "perfect" with design, but I feel satisfied with the direction of my masterplan, especially graphically. I <3...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Greenwich river frontage with mom
My mom came to visit for a couple days over the holiday and we walked the site together. It was a different experience actually trying to...
Sydney Olszewski
Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Exploring the Painted Hall
Replica of Mars to scale rotating over the floor. People of all ages really seem to flock to this installation. Kids play hopscotch on...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Sherlock Museum
I love the miniatures and sense of folklore around this place
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Tim Burton Exhibit at the Design Museum
Super inspiring! My dream job used to be to work on stop-motion animation
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Midterm Crit
I'm not afraid of public speaking thankfully, but crit day is always nerve-wracking. I'm happy with the report and my process pages, but...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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What makes a space safe?
Macro v. micro interventions
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Graphics
The strategy this year- experiment I guess- is to get all the information I want on a page and then worry about the graphic. Naturally,...
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Quick exercise
Tech shook things up today with a quick drawing exercise. About 15 minutes to draw over a perspective scene for SuDS. This really helped...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Strategy
It's frustrating getting sick all the time- I've had what's likely bronchitis for two weeks and have been so worried about missing class,...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Struggling to design at a bigger scale
What a difference a 0 can make. Jumping from 1-250 scale, maybe 1-500, to 1-2500 is very intimidating. I've tried so many iterations, but...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Drones!!
Not much needs to be said, the drones were really cool. I'm realising how much I enjoy research and data collection.
Sydney Olszewski
Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Sketching in free time
I love the hand-drawn look so when I sketch I save a cutout png to my "digital sketchbook" folder. This way if I need a seagull, I...
Sydney Olszewski
Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Putting research to use
Crime and anti-social behavior are an issue- what makes a space safe? What does safety feel like? I ask around the classroom and sketch...
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Jan 8, 20251 min read
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The gossip girls go to Beckenham!
Great park to see construction in progress and how contractors work on site. Learned a lot about Japanese knotweed and got scared because...
Sydney Olszewski
Jan 8, 20251 min read
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Presentation Day
Working in groups was a great learning experience and I'm proud of how much work we did, despite this, it was a very frustrating week....
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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First Draft
This was definitely a challenge to put together. Although everyone is so talented and eventually did get their work to me, I was up all...
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Updating maps
We've changed our base map again and probably will change it again later. I'm glad I've kept my layers clean so I can swap out the base...
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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How many base maps could a base map map if a base map could map maps?
No distinction between the river and the context Too heavy of a file Too much black Too much detail Try something more diagrammatic...
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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