A Guide to Zoe Grodsky's Are.na

under construction

⟟ Personal Channels that store things just for me. The Are.na equivalent of things you stuff into the notes app.

⧉ Resources

⧝ Inspiration Inspiration channels often lack thought or intention. Primary create and visual, the ambiguous collections consist of loosely categorized things that peak my interest and might want to more thoughtfully reference or connect in the future. Working as a staging area of sorts, inspiration channels are central to my creative process, but lack substance on their own.

⌂ Notes

⌭ Garden

⍝ Case Study Case studies act as deep dives into a topic, mood, or idea. While similar to a garden, they lack the same breadth. Instead of connecting ideas or developing a philosophy, case studies focus more on curation and the effect of a collection as a whole.

⍾ Projects Collections of visual inspiration, reference material, and notes for various projects, including my personal, academic, and creative work. While sometimes moldboard-esque, project channels primarily serve to organize all things related to a specific project so they're easily accessible when needed.

Channel Key

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⭐ = Main. ~You are here~
📎 = Related to my MFA thesis
📒 = Categories, current classes
📓 = Projects I'm working on
📖 = Design fields
📚 = Generic research
✏️ = All things typography
🔌 = Internet and web related
🔎 = Culture / race / ethnicity
🔖 = Design-oriented research
🔜 = Goals
🔮 = Creatives that inspire my practice
🧁 = Personal practice
🧬 = Other interests related to the human psyche

working key, as of Aug 29, 2022
} professional, (design-) educational
~ specific topics and projects
! general tech/tech-mediated living/culture-related
# general meme, online culture related
& big baskets for all
( open-ended, atmospheric

() softer moods

) thoughts, notes, more interior
* special concepts, practices, and rituals
-- collaborations
/ log, devlog
: broad (design-related) reference
< (shows up as empty channel name) limbo, buffer
@ correspondence
— specific tech/interface/interaction related
] stuff to read
^ wishlists
☕︎ “real life”
× messy, to be discarded, miscellaneous

key through late August 2022

— themes that are important to me, research
() softer, more ambiguous moodboards and atmospheres
* practice, intentional channels: will move stuff from _ (visual reference) in the past to these. these will be regularly revisited and reflected on
<> partially hidden channels: for processing, queue, misc notes

key through late June 2021

— cool themes [1]
_ visual reference
() atmospheres, moodboards
: resources, " : " to branch
* bud, hopeful
? learning about design
+ tactile things, reflections on craft and making
~ music
! important links
– sub branch that isnt part of the tree
-- collaborative
/ backlog, paused