For my Design Academy Eindhoven MA Design Curating and Writing thesis,
I spent a year researching, writing, visiting local designers I admire,
and developing a project focused on a breed of students and alumni
from the same institution that builds semi-industrial machines to create things. Human and Machine proposed a new BA department for students to make
their manufacturing tools and machines, and work with local resources.
I created a 4-year program, selected tutors, made a campaign and recruited future students at school. I also designed a promotional video along with fellow filmmaker student Yen-an Chen, institutional material, and a poster featuring 100 machines and designers, such as Dave Hakkens and Olivier Van Herpt,
who supported me on the initiative and lent me early prototypes and objects
to showcase. I curated an exhibit at Van Abbemuseum within the 'On Curating Design' exhibition and at Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show MINED held at Dutch Design Week. Furthermore, I tested it during Make Material Sense’s first semester with a group of sound machine-maker students who collaborated with alumni OWOW to incorporate sensors into their instruments.