Design Methodologies

Methodology Exploration

Allen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein

Summer 2013

Yayoi Kusama (1929 – present)

artist

Karim Rashid (1960 – present)

industrial designer

Helen Pickett (1974 – present)choreographer


Pumpkin, 2009


Yayoi Kusama


Yayoi Kusama

When you’ve exhausted the resources of your hometown, move to New York.

The painstaking effort of creation is important.

Confront your fears and explore your hallucinations.


Yayoi Kusama

Working is the only way to stay sane.


Karim Rashid

Sofa Doux, 2011


Karim Rashid

Beauty is a collective human need.

Design is a rigorous beautification of our built environments.

“We should be conscious and attune with this world in this moment. If human nature is to live in the past - to change the world is to change human

nature.”


Karim Rashid

Don’t be afraid of color and technology.

Today’s questions are answered with today’s abilities.

Work harder than everybody else.


Helen Pickett

Prayer of Touch, Atlanta Ballet, 2012


Helen Pickett

When I listen to music, I have to see the notes dance.

Groups of people congregating on a subway platform inspire the way I group people in a dance

performance.

People interact quickly.What does a 2013 love story look like?


Helen Pickett

The creative process begins with collaboration.

I ask my dancers what doesn’t feel right about a movement and they show me how they would do it

differently.

A dancer must feel a responsibility for their work. This is a new way of approaching traditional ballet

choreography.


Thank You.