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This is the parent category of all courses taken in year 1.
Topic- interior design and Architecture
Creating a puzzle that people can build up their spaces.
“Who do you like”- mini magic trick.
First, as you can see is a plain white paper; no dot or no stuff was drawn. Right now, I split this plain paper as nice pieces. Let one of the audience come here, to write down the person’s name (who she/he like) and rub as small ball and throw into the glass water cup. Lastly, remain eight pieces, let the audience write down different people’s name, same as the first one (rub as small ball and throw into the glass water cup. Finally, finish all the writing. I use a pen to mix the paper inside the glass water cup and pour out all the nice pieces of paper that the audience wrote. I find out the audience wrote (who do you like).
The main part of this magic trick is how to split paper.
Make paper as three rows and three columns, and make sure know where is the paper location. Then, split paper from the right side first and the left side. Put them into a column; the center 258 pieces paper put the bottom. Splits again from right 7 first and the left side. The last paper will be 5, put the 5 on the top of all the paper. Why? Only the serrations that have been torn around the “5” sides allow the audience to hand over to the audience the top piece.
Architecture
Amy:
Every time when I walk to 32nd Street in midtown of Manhattan, I feel loneliness in the Korean Way due to I left from my mother country, China. The stores that settle at Ktown with full of crow and busy people. I didn’t have a close friend that I can hang out with and talk to it in New York City. One day, when walking at 32nd Street, at that moment, I pop out one idea that I want to change myself as a happy person. I can’t stay memorized the past when I in China. I have to get involve and use to a new condition that I living now. Ktown (Korean Way) in New York City is a street that replaces spiritual style of Myeong- Dong, Korea. In the street, you can see many small restaurants, a food court, a Korean supermarket, and other glossier stores. There are multiple stores in one building. For example, the 1st floor of the building will be a bookstore, but the 2nd floor or third floor will be a restaurant and basement will be a bar. In a street, you can see many of logo or sign of the store. Therefore, I’m planning to try different restaurants, activities and get around with new people around me.
My favorite place in New York is Time Square
In the interview, I ask some of the personal questions and fun questions to my partner, because I need to understand him and know him well to design a special artifact that represents to him. The question that I ask him, it brings out his personality and behavior in the society or world. In the other hand, my partner, he asks me some of the questions that have some of the similar questions like mine, but the answer will be different because both we have different view or idea. Some of the questions that he asks me is “what kind of question that you ask yourself every day? Why?” This question very interesting to me and let me think very deeply about myself. Everyone in their daily will not often ask self a question and what he/she will do in a day. I respond to this question is how can I to be great than the past? This question over and over in my head, I feel this question didn’t have a specific answer of this question in my mind, due to having multiple answers that different moment or mood changes my answer. The second question makes me feel curious is “how many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror?” I didn’t count how many times when I am looking at the mirror, because sometimes I look at the mirror for fixing my outfit and sometimes I look at the mirror when wakeup or go to sleep. I think my partner asking me this question is wanting to know am I confidence person.
My partner, he talks about his hometown in China which near to the ocean. He grows up in a sea city call Ningbo. In that city, it maintains many of the histories of Southern China. For example, the building from the past is the black roof and white wall. It was very different than in Northern China. In this knowledgeable city, he learns a lot of history and living habit. He likes to be social with others because he thinks a friend can help him a lot in a different situation. In his word “Friend is a person or a group of people who can play around and know you a lot different view than you in your family.” For example, if you have a difficult situation in school or outside, they can help you right away. However, when he faces some of the problems that a friend can’t help him. His strategy of solving question is to be “calm down”. Calm down makes the best way to think logic and carefully when he has trouble. He likes to wear a suit because he feels this can makes others think he is professional and looks good fit of his body. In addition, it relates to his major – strategic design and management. This major relates to his personality, such as he likes to be social with people can like to wear a suit as a businessman. When he comes to the USA, he didn’t know a lot of stuff in America. However, his holster parent treats him as their own kid which build up a good memory when he comes to the United State. The city – New York means to him as “New World” because, in New York, he feels very curious about different things and makes a lot of friend from a different country. As he answers to my question, I feel I have many ideas
pop out from my head to design a unique artifact to represent him.
The artifact that I create a symbol of my partner is a paper coffee cup. The coffee cup symbol as he likes to be social. The outlay of the cup has multiple numbers to represent him like math. In addition, the cupholder will laser a poem by his favorite author from China. On the top of straw has a number three as his lucky number. The cup can’t open, and it will release many worlds language word from inside to side. The straw will be close can’t take up. Moreover, the interior of the coffee cup will put some of LEGO to symbols as his childhood.
Question list:
Where would you most like to live?
Once I thought I would build a warm hut from my own hands, and I could turn the dreamy
cottage into reality. Outside the hut, I could grow some fruits and vegetables and other plants.
Every ripe fruit I could personally pick down to do some simple and delicious food, and I could
also invite friends as guests. In the bright morning, I could sit outside the hut to feel the sun,
smell the flowers, and I could watch my pets in the yard. This would be a wonderful life! Living in a quiet town, a house, a dog, a cat, one person.
When and where were you happiest?
Sometimes, I like to think about lots of things in a quiet place and enrich myself. I like to travel alone to strange places. Sometimes I enjoy the sea, and I feel at ease when I watch the seasons change all year round. With every trip, I like to take pictures of unique landscapes, recording the beauty of their change. Some are subtle; some are very drastic; some are peculiar; each has a special quality.
What is your current state of mind?
February 17, 2019. 11:59 pm
The last minute of the day, I feel very tired, however, I’m doing my homework for next week classes. The mind of mine want gets a cigarette to make provocative or a cup of alcohol. I understand I can’t. But, this I what my desire come from! Every time, I was asking myself a stupid question over and over, which lead to no answer. I was asking why I become anxiety person? What? When? Who? Multiple questions and answers pop out from my head. Sometimes, I feel I cannot breathe like I’m sinking in the ocean with no hope. The next day, I become a regular person who didn’t have intense and live so natural.
ALL IS FAKE.