Welcome Home: A Visual Novel That Explores The Parent’S Response To Their Child’S Challenge Due To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Reneé Therese C. Soliveres

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

The COVID-19 Pandemic officially started in March 2020 when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a lockdown globally. As COVID-19 cases started to rise, so did mental health cases. WHO stated that 60% of adolescents and children struggled with their mental health, resulting in new challenges they encountered. Welcome Home is an interactive visual novel set in a Filipino context that presents the adolescents’ new challenges and their behavior during the pandemic. It is a game where the player chooses the parents’ responses to their children’s feelings by either helping or rejecting them. The ending will be determined based on …

Minimalist Space: The Influence Of Interior Design On The Mental Health Of Teenagers, Zhyrine Ann Nicole K. Datinguinoo

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

Because mental health is one of the most prevalent health concerns among teens, one of the most influential variables contributing is their personal surroundings. According to research, an interior space design and its design components have the capacity to impact an individual's mental health either favorably or adversely depending on how they are communicated. This research seeks to produce an interior design of a bedroom that embraces a Minimalist idea suitable for improving one's mental health and well-being. A literature study was undertaken to get a better knowledge of the impact of interior design. The review identifies the aspects and …

Alpas: Fast Fashion As A Means To Promote Gender Equality To Filipino Young Adults, Mariella Isabelle D. Balaoro

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

Alpas is a clothing collection that promotes the Filipino identity in genderless clothing in the fast fashion industry. The researcher hopes to use fashion to eliminate inequalities between men and women in the Philippines. The Philippines is recognized for being conservative and traditional, which factors to current gender inequalities. Those who defy fashion conventions are humiliated and harassed. This motivated the researcher to make an innovation in fashion. This collection is a fusion of modern and traditional clothing that may be worn casually outdoors. Because of its affordability and style, fast fashion is the most accessible to the majority of …

Tigilan Mo Nga!: A Zine Utilizing The Elements Of Digital Illustration To Highlight Ocd Experience In A Filipino Household, Zia Mei C. Ocampo

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

Tigilan Mo Nga! is a zine inspired by Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a Filipino household as well as the manifestation and effects of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The purpose of this zine is to further and fully understand the OCD experience. It is told from the perspective of a young Filipino with OCD. Data from two written interviews that were accomplished by an OCD patient and a BS Psychology Major were used as inspiration for illustrations in the zine. Overall, the zine includes themes of stigma, OCD in a Filipino household, and compulsions.

Zenosyne: A Game Design Concept Assimilating Dispassion In Young Artists Through The Use Of Storytelling And Game Design Principles, Edelaiza Julienne M. Aggabao

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

As young artists reach the milestone of choosing the career path, they assess their passions to decide if they will continue art professionally. Extrinsic factors like lack of income or parental disapproval attribute to the dispassion among students. This study aims to compact discussions of young artists’ dispassion into a story-driven video game. As gaming trends increase throughout the years with role playing games tackling heavy issues, presenting the findings in this study through the use of game development effectively explores the perspective of dispassionate artists. For artists, passion is the focal point of their end product. Cognitive dissonance theory …

Faux: An Overview Of Animal Exploitation In The Fashion Industry, Karol Christian S. Moralde

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

The use of animals in clothing is a practice that has always been part of human civilization. Although originally used as a way to warm and clothe bodies, animal products, such as fur, leather, and feather, have transcended their original practical purposes and have become both a status symbol and an integral aesthetic code in fashion. The prominent use of animal products in fashion has not only led to the violation of animal rights but has also directly contributed to the damage to our environments and the well-being of workers. Under a capitalistic system, the commodification of animals, the environment, …

My Eyes Are Up Here!: Defining The Female Gaze Through A Comparative Analysis Of Films Throughout The Decades, Anka A. Delos Reyes

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

The male gaze is a trend that has been observed in film for decades, and the oversaturation of inaccurate portrayals of women can be harmful as these portrayals affect women’s self-perception and regress the efforts of feminst movements. Given this, the study aims to define, characterize and illustrate an alternative to the male gaze through My Eyes are up Here! A digital zine that reimagines films adopting the female gaze, rather than its objectifying counterpart. To collect data for the study, visual content analysis of films from different genres and decades was conducted following a set of codes, and the …

Abakabadaf: Reclamation Of Queer Spaces And The Adoption Of Gayspeak By The Mainstream, Gel Ralfrey Louie O. Romero

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

Gayspeak is a queer argot that was formed to shield the Filipino LGBT community back when discrimination was rampant in the Philippines. Today, gayspeak can be observed in the vocabulary of people that are not part of the LGBT community which shows progress in tolerance. Despite this, the fight for queer equality has still not been achieved. This paper explores the adaptation of gayspeak by the mainstream by interviewing non-LGBT users of gayspeak and gathering the perceptions of the LGBT community towards them. The research found that non-LGBT people use gayspeak because of its comedic nature, capacity for socialization, and …

Nurture: A Campaign About Animal Adoption In The Philippines Through Digital Illustrations, Julianne P. Chuah

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

This paper focuses on animal adoption in the Philippines and how art can influence people to support this action. Animal adoption is not given much attention in the country, and certain stigmas are surrounding such topics. Additionally, some people prefer to choose the breed of their pet, so they would instead buy from a breeder or a pet store rather than adopting one. This causes shelters to overpopulate with animals, ultimately resulting in the euthanization of some animals. This research aims to normalize animal adoption through art—in the form of a campaign. The paper also connects utilitarianism to adoption in …

Monuments Are For The Living: The Confederate Mound Monument And The Falsehood Of Reconciliation Statues, Janelle O'Malley

Student Projects

In 2015 the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) began tracking Confederate symbol usage in the United States, namely focusing on confederate flags and monuments. That same year a white supremacist fatally shot nine Black worshippers at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The shooter in this case had confederate symbols all over their home. This sparked conversation nationally about confederate symbolism and its true purpose. In turn, the conversation led to highly contested debates on confederate monuments and statues. Between 2015 and 2020, 148 confederate statues were removed from the public eye. But the most shocking …

Nest, Camillia Elci

Masters Theses, 2020-current

The major themes in this body of work are time and layers. These themes are linked by the materiality of the work. Intentional destruction and recreation, perpetually. The work is constantly being made, destroyed, and remade. It is always partly past and partly future. Nest is a self portrait displaying objects acquired and made over the past several years.

Spinning Plates, Anikó K.L. Sáfrán

Masters Theses, 2020-current

Spinning Plates is an intermedia exhibition based on multitasking, at times to an absurd level, to address the gendered division of care labor in a typical, heteronormative household. One hundred years into the pursuit of passing an Equal Rights Amendment, women are still taking on the majority of duties related to managing and caretaking the household and its children, even though most women have also joined the income-generating labor force. At the core of the exhibit are performance-based videos of the mother-artist multitasking, completing household chores, exercising, and creating art. Some of the artworks are action paintings, others are drawings …

Sanctuary: The-Construction Of Communion, Carlos Salazar-Lermont

MFA in Visual Art

This thesis narrates the development of the multimedia art installation called Sanctuary. I unwrap the theoretical background of my practice, which is rooted in the theories of deconstruction by Jacques Derrida, and the rhizome theory by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. I approach my creative process as a grammatic of matter, space, and time, constructing meaning through an interplay of significants that connect to political, social, economic, and cultural implications. In the case of Sanctuary, I sought to create a path of empathy towards Venezuelan refugees in St. Louis, Missouri through the exploration of the concept of communion. …

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Exhibition - Purpose-Oriented Design

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Interview with Dr. Peter Zec, Founder and CEO of Red Dot

What constitutes good design? The question may return dozens of answers, be it aesthetics, functionality, innovation or convenience. In HKDI Gallery's latest exhibition in collaboration with Red Dot, The Essence of Design - Creating Value, value-creating takes centre stage.

Exhibition - The Parametricism Era

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Interview with Patrik Schumacher, Principal of Zaha Hadid Arcihtects

In light of the ongoing Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) exhibition in Hong Kong, we sit down with Patrik Schumacher, principal of ZHA, to discuss high-rise Architecture, Parametricism and the essence of ZHA design.

Theme - What Can Nft Do Now?

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Arts Technology

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Extended Reality (XR) is a fast-developing technology with huge potentials yet to be discovered. Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) are affiliates under this broader term. They can be used in combination or individually and can be applied in many fields, such as entertainment, art, education and professional training, just to name a few.

Theme - What Is Nft?

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Theme - Rethinking Everyday: Fungible Non-Fungible

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News - Opening Of Hkdi Centre For Communication Design

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The long awaited Centre of Communication Design at HKDI opens its door to students and faculty on October 7, 2021. From now on, it will become a powerful platform enabling students, faculty and industry partners to collaborate on live projects.

Report - A View On Young Designers' Inspirations

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3 HKDI alumni won DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2021. Alongside of their innovative, people-centred and sophisticated works, we also take a look at their academic and career journeys for some inspirations.

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Episode.Txt: Poetry, Samuel D Stermer

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A Monster Known As Relapse: Poetry, Madison Bowles

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Creative Writing Poetry Assignment, Ayaat W Ismail

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