This post is overdue, but I still have to make the official announcement that I finally have my MFA!!! After graduating at Radio City Music Hall on May 10, I took some time off to take my family around New York, and also visited Toronto for a week to catch up with friends. It was [...]

The website for our graduating conference, Eventually Everything: The D-Crit 2012 Conference is now live!  This event, moderated by Change Observer co-editor Julie Lasky, will be held at the Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street. On May 2, I will be giving a short presentation based on my graduate thesis, “Intrinsic Expressions: Uncovering the Performativity of Figurative [...]

If you are interested in the intersection of typography and anatomy, you can find me with my thesis thinking cap on here: thesis.cherylyau.com I will be hoarding all sorts of photos, videos, links and quotes… and as I am trying to organize my thoughts, feel free to ask me questions to challenge me and throw [...]

Over the summer, Steven Heller wrote about our “No Google” class in The Atlantic, explaining why he imposes old-fashion research on us at D-Crit. It’s a lot of fun, and I’ve raved about this class before too, but not Googling proved to be much more rewarding than just going through a rigorous hands-on research process. My [...]

Rummaging through a flea market in Chelsea one weekend, I came across a binocular viewer with a long extended board attached to a wooden handle. Thinking it was a measuring or aiming device of some sort, possibly even a part of a weapon with a viewfinder, I decided to buy it. As I proceeded to [...]

At 510 Fifth Avenue, sits a beautiful glass box occupying the north-west corner of the 43rd Street intersection. To a regular passer-by like myself, the transparency of this grand structure is still stunning, brave and elegant. But those that recall the site in its original 1954 glory, will remember the valuable jewel once encased within, [...]

Since it’s Social Media Week in New York and Facebook‘s 7th birthday this Friday, I’m going to share an architectural review I wrote on social media. – In 1476, Duke Frederico da Montefeltro commissioned a study in his Ducal Palace in Gubbio, as a grand display of his wealth, reputation and high regard for scientific knowledge. Created [...]

Last Fall, I mentioned the free lecture series hosted by D-Crit. This semester, the guest lectures are curated by students, which means I was asked to pick a speaker. Barbara and I invited Valerie Steele to contribute to our series by talking about fashion criticism–an area of design that receives less attention at D-Crit. Valerie is the [...]