Thursday, October 7, 2010

Anna Akbari!

The lovely and extremely eloquent and intelligent Anna Akbari spoke to our little design majors on Tuesday, Oct 5, 2010.

Some tid-bits I picked up on her lecture:

-wardrobe consulting company
-phD in sociology
"Tweeked identity, big time transformation..."
-identity construction, image management
-authenticity: appearance, creating yourself
-"possible self" imagination; biographical
-multitple personality disorder (MPD)
--roller disco
--actress
--no-pants karaoke

- writer, thinker, speaker
-read "socialnomics"
-watch documentary "We live in public" by Josh Harris
-learn about "The Bunker"

-"second life" --avatars: virtual world
-ethnographic exploration: writing to people of a certain demographic

-Closet Catharsis : fashion/styling consulting company
-Splice

love my fellow Persian sistah. :)

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