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2003 AIGA Pittsburgh 100 Show

Using Nature as a Model

The natural world is highly organized. Visual evidence of its organization can be found by examining natural artifacts or by observing natural processes. For this project, we were asked to select a natural process as a structure by which to organize information. The data provided were the names of 44 influential people from the 19th and 20th century.

This piece explores the relationship of human society to natural process. We build upon the foundations set by previous generations and incorporate their ideas into our own understandings of the world. We can think of natural process, like the stalagmite and stalactite selected for this piece, as building upon past generations in a similar way. Continual activity sets a momentum that influences the direction of future generations.