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My design work varies from the poetic to the pragmatic. With self-initiated projects, I tend to design for the domestic sphere, at the scale of the individual, and often without a lot of technology. My academic projects involve greater ethnographic research and participatory methods and tend toward systems-, service-, and strategic-design. The images below represents the "making" aspect of my design practice, often in collaboration with Stephanie M. Tharp and our studio, materious.

BRUCE M. THARP

What's the difference between art and design?

That's a flawed question. Academically it's essentially unanswerable. But practically, the distinction can be incredibly important to the creator's identity; to the reception and interpretation of the work; and to being offered and denied professional opportunities.

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