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Peer Review about Minji Kim

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I have chosen to peer review the third blog post of MINJI KIM. Reading her review on her personal outcomes and development through “Fashion Illustration: View from the Catwalk”, it became apparent to Better lives topic she did a lot of research. And throughout the research, she can choose one brand called Tommy Hilfiger.

I am really excited about seeing how she approached the themes and brand in her own way. For example, she found the Tommy Hilfiger brand has features that correspond to the subject of Sustainable and Social Responsibility. And Tommy Hilfiger was moved to ease the burden of persons with disabilities and present the design. Also, she found the designer successfully created a collection of disability-friendly clothing for children in 2016 and is now back in line for clothing for adults. This looks like she is interested in her course and as she had taken what she had learned through the practice of Fashion illustration and Better Lives.
Even though, I really impressed by her final project. Because she focused on the two topics in Better lives when she was drawing illustrations “Sustainability” and “Social Responsibility”. That means she though a lot of ways to express her work as an illustration. Then, she has tried many things to draw with natural materials or recycled materials, and she has learned and studied more about disability. I think, using natural materials or recycled materials is so creative. There’s nothing to comment on negatively.
Her writing skill is also so good. And she looked like a try so much, since when she was painting, she received a lot of help from videos posted by Sue Drey.

I think overall, I really enjoyed reflecting and reading Minji’s positive development because of her own interpretation of the theme “Sustainability” and “Social Responsibility” and therefore how she related to that. If there’s a chance to see her final work I really want to see that. Anyway, Good job Minji!

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Reflective Writing 3

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Finally, I finished making my final project. My better lives course is 3D Mask Making about politics. It’s based on social responsibility such as president or nation. So I searched for the big political issues in my country. In 2016-2017 there were big issues in Korea. One is about residential impeachment and the other one is the sinking of a ship. At this time, all the people started the movement with the mask. The mask color based on the yellow color that means the sinking of a shipping issue. Also, they wrote down some words on the mask by using red, black, and blue colors. Red and Blue mean Korea. Black means the warning to the government. Thus, I decided to make the mask by customizing it based on the meaning of colors.

In the third semester, there are lots of projects to do. I needed time management. But, I failed it. So I replan the project timetable only 2weeks. I stopped the hang out with my friends and started the research and bought some materials for the mask customizing. And I collected the mask from my friends and my family. I tried to make the mask the other design several times. I wrote down the reason of fail on the note and tried and tried.

Finally, I made the make based on the research and the big issues in Korea. I used the color pens and real masks. Because I wanted to show the mask in reality. Even though I’m not a costume course student, I don’t have material for the 3D mask. That’s why I selected using the real mask and customizing it. I think to make the 3D mask in my home alone, that’s so difficult for me. There’s no person to help me, and no person let me know how to sculpt the 3D mask. This method was the best way for me in this course. But I like my final project. Because there is so a lot of meaning in my mask.

If I have more time and more material in the future, I want to try it again perfectly. And I will make a perfect plan for this project.

This course let me know the power and lot’s of things in life and to me.

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  1. Minji Kim: For the peer review, I have chosen to discuss Minji Kawck’s third blog in which she reflects on the ’3D…

reflective writing 2

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Reflective Writing 2

19029762 Minji Kawck Before the Covid-19, I decided to make the 3D mask related to the
power and rights of labors. Such as Korean traditional folk game mask called aortal. Long time ago, some people who was ignored their rights from the nobility started to satire the society by using a masked dance. The people wore the strange mask and started the acting. That story was about the illegality and corruption in their society. Because of this, all masks shapes were worst. So, I was making the mask called Hahoetal. But as Covid-19 I had to stop the making the mask. And my tutor sent the email about our project and said we need to change the subject of our project. So, now I’m researching the new subject for my project. Research is about the politic of the mask. Also, I will have related my project to the power not a labor. Actually, Power lecture made me concentrate in the right of laborer. That’s why I was make the Hahoetal. I think, after I finish the research of the new project, I might be not a Haheotal. It will about the nature and power. During the Better lives lecture, I learned the nature lecture as well as about the natural disaster such as Covid-19. In the world, there were lots of campaign for the Covid-19. Based on the campaign, I will make the 3D mask and use variety materials. I don’t know what is my final mask. And I will find some article and journal about Covid-19 and the mask. This is so difficult to me, because everything is changed. I, also, have to change everything about Better lives unit project. I will watch the recoded lecture of nature again. Therefore, my project will be changed everything about Covid-19 but I’m not sure what’s my final.




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Reflective writing of Better lives Lecture of Power- MINJI KAWCK

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Reflective Writing

Lecture: Power

19029762 Minji Kawck

I started the new unit called Better Lives. I listened to the Power lecture one of the lectures in better lives. This lecture was about the relationship between the fashion industry and power. This led me to rethink the power of fashion I thought.

This lecture said the power of fashion is bigger than we thought. Fashion is affecting our lives more than we think. Even though fashion is affecting to the laborer as well as. The company has money by enslaving others. Laborer’s earnings, however, fall below 20 percent of employers’ profits. Besides, some of them can’t make enough money to buy even their daily necessities. Getting fair pay should be human rights. As the level of fashion consumption continues to grow, factories around the world are making sure to supply an increasing number of clothes faster at lower wages. In this process, many workers are exploited and many are injured. This is a grim reality in which other people’s human rights are used to satisfy our personal needs. In terms of consumption, the consumer has so strong power in the fashion industry. This power can be a positive effect on others if it has the right information and uses them properly. Consumer needs to know who makes the product. Because it’s something we’ll wear and use. Otherwise, we are like contributing to the exploitation of the labor force. The content of a lecture like this was a little different from what I thought. I just have been thinking only about designers and sellers. And of course, I have thought that workers will be paid just as much as we pay to live up to minimum wage. In addition, I knew that human rights would be guaranteed. There was no way of knowing whether the workers were being physically harmed. No matter how cheap the wages were, I knew they would keep the minimum wage that was designated by the state. It was inconceivable that I was subtracting other people’s happiness for my needs. No matter how consumers are called kings, I thought it was the workers and the employers who hired them that could claim the rights to the workers. Therefore, I just knew consumers were only people who buy something and were not able to see if they were contributing to the exploitation of the labor force.

According to this lecture, I learned a few things about the relationship between fashion and power. Firstly, I knew the power of the fashion industry was distributed evenly, but I realized that workers had no power compared to the others. Secondly, Consumer power can be happy for someone if used well. And then this power can prevent the exploitation of the workforce to some extent. Thirdly, consumers, employers, laborers and others and everyone has to live contentedly in their positions in the fashion industry. But most important of all, it is that wages for workers should be guaranteed, that we should respect human rights, and that we should all respect and think about each other’s rights.

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