Nick Larson
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This thesis uses the exclamation point to represent a way of thinking and working methodology. The exclamation point in mathematics represents a factorial function, an operation for determining all possible orders of a set. Colloquially, the meaning of the exclamation point relies entirely on context. Within a yellow triangle, it means caution or danger, but at the end of a sentence delivering good news, it means excitement. In the context of this thesis, the exclamation point represents enthusiastically and exhaustively reordering objects, words, and processes to highlight shifting meaning.
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Think Fast!
Heatpress denim patches
2021
What do NASCAR, Nintendo and Nietzsche have in common? This project entangles International Art English, NASCAR, the brands sponsoring NASCAR, the canon of western philosophy and critical theory, and conceptions of high and low culture.
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Think Fast!
Racing Jackets
2021
Jackets for high speed critical dialogue!
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Crypto Cashout
Scratch off lottery ticket
2022
Are NFTs and decentralized markets the great democratizing force they claim to be, or are they simply the same systems that have long manipulated artists and creators repackaged with a silicon valley flair? This project packages the highly volatile world of cryptocurrency in the visual language of a scratch off lottery ticket.
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Idiomatic Permutation Volvelle
paper
2021
This tool was created as a way to abstract the already non-literal world of idiomatic phrases.
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A New Idiom?
2021
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