What’s Your Dream: Drawing 2gether workshop
What’s Your Dream: Drawing 2gether is a co-drawing workshop for the Other Islands Book Fair at Pratt Institute. The purpose is to explore participants’ dreams and life purposes through the drawing and workshop process.
Background story
Recently I’ve been searching for designer/researcher jobs. While I was sending emails like crazy, a design studio asked applicants to answer a question, “What’s your dream?” with an image and attach it with other application materials. For me, dreams relate to our life purposes as individuals and as designers, and what kind of conversation can be facilitated during the drawing process? How can dreams become the bridge to understanding others?
Recently I’ve been searching for designer/researcher jobs. While I was sending emails like crazy, a design studio asked applicants to answer a question, “What’s your dream?” with an image and attach it with other application materials. For me, dreams relate to our life purposes as individuals and as designers, and what kind of conversation can be facilitated during the drawing process? How can dreams become the bridge to understanding others?
Preparation
For drawing tools, I used length wood sticks to extend the markers (I encourage lecturers to create the craziest drawing tools with surrounding materials, It will be so much fun!) As for the methods, there’re four prompts to cooperate with tools:
In each section, players will switch their tools and methods.
For drawing tools, I used length wood sticks to extend the markers (I encourage lecturers to create the craziest drawing tools with surrounding materials, It will be so much fun!) As for the methods, there’re four prompts to cooperate with tools:
- Close your eyes
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Pair and draw with person next to you
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Draw with both your hands
- Draw with your unfamiliar hand or other body parts.
In each section, players will switch their tools and methods.
Process
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In the process, some players find they have the same or similar dreams; then they start to draw and dream together.
In the process, some players find they have the same or similar dreams; then they start to draw and dream together.
“We found we have a same dream, we just want to be happy, that’s all.”
“She probably needs a small waterpool to rest here, so I drew one for her.”
Our dreams
Discussions which may come next :
- life/work balance in designers’ careers
- Relation between life purpose and collaborations
- How to facilitate a safe space for reveal ourselves and others?
- life/work balance in designers’ careers
- Relation between life purpose and collaborations
- How to facilitate a safe space for reveal ourselves and others?