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Joel designs for normal number
 golden guns 
is a new biannual journal edited by Kate Phillimore and Courtenay Finn, and designed by me. Each issue critically investigates a single theme across disciplines. The first issue's theme is "investigation" itself.  


 poli-sci and play-doh 
diagrams ten critical concepts related to critical theory, globalization, and capitalism. It is up to the reader to choose which definition card matches which diagram. The "correctness" of each match is open to interpretation, involving the reader in an analysis of language and image relationships. In practice, this process suggests the malleability of each concept and the potential cross-relations among them.  


 extended second 
is three A3 posters looking at the liminal space that separates one year from the next.  


 PLAySPACE signage 
is part of the re-designed PLAySPACE Gallery identity. This is the main entrance.  


 PLAySPACE auction 
is three A2 posters for PLAySPACE Gallery's art auction. PLAySPACE Gallery is the Graduate Student run art space at The California College of the Arts.   


 PLAySPACE website 
offers current and upcoming gallery event information along with an archive of past gallery exhibitions. The site's 'back image' changes according to the current show.  


 document with 9 themes 
is a multi-page document reviewing 9 themes that surfaced from a semester of critical theory readings. The readings generally discussed the history of, and the implications of, globalized capitalism and its effect on perception. The document contains 98 selected quotations, 22 supporting images, and written responses. The document acts as an expandable journal in which to include new findings from continued research.  


 expand MCAD 
is an interactive map of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design's four-story main building. The goal of the project was to provide students, teachers, and visitors an alternative interface for navigating the school's physical and virtual environment.


 curioscope parlor 
encourages a reevaluation of our relationship with objects, aesthetic devices, and memory.
Also available from clicking this link is the Catalogue of Objects.





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