What's a tool?

How to use a multifunctional Shoe to create a portrait 

As tool 0, we were given the task of building a drawing tool without knowing its ultimate purpose. I created a multifunctional shoe that could draw various shapes like a stencil. This was then used to create a portrait, that resulted being an abstract representation made out of squares circles and rectangles

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How to use rust printing to express the generational impact of depression. 

The rust printing mechanism was explored in order to deal with the tangible theme of depression in the domestic sphere. The tool is able to portray the decline and the expanded issue rooted in the family system, expressing intimately, arduous inner mechanisms forming in the analysed context as time passes. Incorporating typography, the rust itself becomes a narrative expedient portraying a “raw” reality, thus leaving a permanent mark that could still be altered by time.

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How to use plasters in order to deal with your latest breakup

The tool analysed was related to the use of plaster in the field of typography, imagining a scenario where you end up being left by the love of your life, plasters not only function as a repair tool but also as a controversial expedient to produce graphic elaborates. Nevertheless the breakup has really impacted your mentality and for this reason what you end up producing is a result of your depressed status, writing through popular love songs the harsh reality of being “dumped”. 

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How to use burning to engage with past memories.

Through the tool burning I experimented and constructed an analog processed animation that would engage with the theme of past memories. Burning becomes therefore a metaphorical connection to our perception of remembering something that happened in a recent or less known time, showing analogies with the act of living in the past and creating through the animation aesthetically and plastically a strong presence, related to its main properties. 

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