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Design Layout made under the supervision of Tamara Maletic, co-founder, linkedbyair.
”CLUB KIDS” is a retrospective, sourced by exisiting narratives about the clubbing and “superstar” movement in downtown NYC in the 80s and 90s. The Club Kids captured the public’s attention in large part due to its members’ flamboyant behavior, outrageous costumes, enviable access, and in the end, their obsession with excess. The group was recognized first and foremost as an artistic and fashion-forward youth culture, and secondly as a tour de force within New York’s underground club culture at the time. While their eventual downfall was marked by a grizzly murder and a precipitous change in New York city night life, several of the Club Kids have made long-lasting contributions to mainstream art and fashion: this retrospective designed completely in InDesign using found images and text hopes to frame this movement for all its whimsy, chaos, and eventual demise.
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Made under the supervision of Tammy Nguyen, Lehman Maupin.
An experimental, hand-bound book made in the printshop of Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts. Using grey board and A3 paper and printed completely using letterpress printing, which is a traditional relief printing method where an inked, raised surface is pressed onto paper to create an impression. Machinery used: Vandercook, Steelblock Press.
Materials used: Tape, gouache, ink, grey board, A3 paper.
Made under the supervision of Tammy Nguyen, Lehman Maupin.
A hand-bound, hand-sewn hardbound book with each page individually carved to mimic topographical formations and tea plantations.
Materials used: Davey board, A3 paper, thread, X-acto knife, non-woven cloth cover.
