Scribbles from Work

Until recently I worked at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Sytems, in the Perceiving Systems department (I even happen to be in four images on the home page!). My main task was to create digital clothing, which was both challenging and fun! I hope to post some of my work soon, but today I wanted to share some of the notes I took while there.

I always kept blank A4 pages on my desk (slipped partway under my keyboard, in fact, so that they were right in front of my eyes) to jot down measurements and other notes while working on designs. Occasionally I would also add a small drawing - typically while waiting for OptiTex (the software I used) to drape the pattern I was working on, or while an animation was running.

So my typical paper would look like the ones below: Covered in numbers, song titles I liked (mainly kpop, though I see some song lyrics from Lacuna Coil there), and little sketches. Often I would fill one side of the paper, then turn it so that the covered side was under my keyboard and I'd have a blank space to use - so these have upside-down drawings and notes as well! Sometimes I'd even use the back of the paper. No point in wasting perfectly good white space!

But yes, as you can see: song lyrics and titles, measurements, scribbles, checklist...

Some bow drawings...

Some Disney-inspired princess dresses... Hey, my job was nothing if not variable!

...And there are many other, similar papers. Ah, good times!