Hello, this is my graphic design thesis on hair.
I had the privilege of being submerged in a creative environment filled with amazing people over the last three years, and I am beyond grateful for the journey.
I spent a year on this project, Hair Biographies, which explores the physicality of binding, the translation into code, and mainly the capability to get familiar with mundane materials and examine their narratives.
There are eight individual experiments documented in one big book. I bound paper with hair, made bookmarks with hair, a typeface of hair, websites imitating the behavior of hair, and studied my hair at a microscopic level. There were so many fun things that I enjoyed working on, and I hope you enjoy it, too. For the full documentation please direct yourselves to wutongwutong.com, but here is a peek into the beautiful photos
@yixiaozyx helped me take.
In my super serious and extremely professional thesis statement, I tried my best to encapsulate the extensiveness of my project in 105 words.
"As strands of hair detach from the body, they become enigmatic carriers of stories, encapsulating the experiences of their host and reflections of their environment. The genesis of this experiment stemmed from cleaning accumulated hair from the apartment floor, catalyzing a shift in perception contrary to the conventional understanding of hair as compost.
Drawing parallels between hair and archaeological artifacts, each of the eight projects included in Hair Biographies illustrates how each strand serves as a tangible link to its environment and the individual it once belonged to, offering a perspective that invites readers to reconsider their relationship with this often-dismissed aspect of daily living."
Thank you to everyone in CD, my dear classmates I see for six hours every Friday morning, all the professors of CD, and Andrew!
Direct to bfacd.parsons.edu for everyone's thesis.
