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    Formed By Desire : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Playfulness And Design

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    Garcia, Laritza
    Abstract
    My personal development and professional training have led me to believe that playful attitudes help people cope, problem-solve and can offer emotional lightness. The Formed by Desire collection is comprised of three series of personal adornment and installations entitled: Spin & Spun, Garabatos Picados, and Tinkered. Each series presents familiar childhood imagery such as the Spirograph[superscript]TM in efforts to drive forth the restorative nature of imaginative behavior.   This collection is underpinned by the investigation of the connection between playfulness and forthright linear expression that is influential to my design practice. Characteristics of this visual vocabulary are bold tones and the conversion of spontaneous linear drawings into three-dimensional objects. My graphic language is akin to garabatos, whimsical marks, which are usually made by children before they are able to write. These elements reference childhood candor and reiterate the notion that adults can be simultaneously serious and playful.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4057
    Subject
     Fine arts;  
    Date
    2012
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    Garcia, Laritza. (January 2012). Formed By Desire : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Playfulness And Design (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4057.)

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    Garcia, Laritza. Formed By Desire : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Playfulness And Design. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2012. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4057. September 27, 2023.
    Chicago:
    Garcia, Laritza, “Formed By Desire : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Playfulness And Design” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2012).
    AMA:
    Garcia, Laritza. Formed By Desire : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Playfulness And Design [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2012.
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    • School of Art and Design
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    East Carolina University

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