thank you :)

To Stand Back & Observe - Winta Assefa

A recollection of an architecture student on a participatory design project held couple of years back in the rural Ethiopia.

The writer remind us that the key for participatory design is the understanding that “short-term solutions and long-term changes are inseparable“ and “education that fuses what is being taught inside the campus with the rest of reality on the ground“.

Check it out here: https://ketemajournal.com/story/to-stand-back-observe/

@ketema_journal

This is about the frustrating cycle of auditioning that many of us young folk in the Third World find ourselves stuck in; perpetually reaching for that grant, that scholarship, that competition, 'opportunity', etc, etc.

Ironically, I submitted this piece about frustration with competitions to a writing competition.
-w

https://youtu.be/VVvKBUM0rlI

This project took longer than I hoped it would. It's finally coming together though. -w

Contest notification:
This is a drawing, video and essay contest about imagining how the internet could be in the future.

https://www.gov.pl/web/igf2021award?fbclid=PAAaZpkppxzlYL6MwxKu8X8pfHZMk7mRwtoAf1CJ1RjSGZvxxTYb6KemRAM8o

Architecture students, I highly recommend you submit a proposal to this year's Berkeley contest. I was one of the winners last year and it changed so much for me. Good luck, comrades.

Apply at:
berkeleyprize.org

New class announcement

I hope that 2022 had been treating you more gently than it had me so far.

Now something had been brewing on my end lately. And I'd like to let you know that my Skillshare class on nostalgia & illustration is finally out!

Through this link, you'd get a free month on Skillshare (and I'd get a commission for your subscription, even if you cancel it when your free trial ends): https://skl.sh/36rHpsJ

Once subscribed, you can access 1000s of classes where you could learn about video editing, writing, drawing, productivity and a lot more from experts in their fields.

I hope you find value in my short class and let me know your thoughts in the reviews section.

Have an abundantly blessed weekend. And thank you for your time.
Warm regards,
-w

https://skl.sh/36rHpsJ

https://youtu.be/TKtacQkiLSc
A new video is up in my YouTube channel :)

Please pass this on to your CMC folk :)

Update: his owner just showed up & took him back :)

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMN1fCMt1/?k=1

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I talk about 2 books in this short video. And I found them both while I was in architecture school. Please let me know if you check them out.
—w

Hey. I feel like some of you might relate to her: https://youtu.be/A2sS00egAzg

AI Art
This is AI art that I made by plugging in a description of a place I imagined.

I've been making dozens of these since I first tried out Midjourney last month—it's addictive and to me, the possibilities it presents are thrilling.

I wrote this piece on how you could do the same, if you want:
https://wintaassefa.medium.com/use-this-free-art-tool-to-elevate-your-online-storytelling-5e81fe84071b?sk=d977179dcf2e20ba0271807fe9b8a6ef

(I think this image is one of the best ones they'd given me yet)