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Test 2: Reflections


Reflexive writing on cultural and historical influences.
Further reflections and post-rationalisation.

Topics on…

Japanese culture/grandparents
[Cursive] handwriting
Morning tea & lunch food
The Private Girls Grammar School in Australia
The International School in China
Typography in the workplace
Carin Goldberg, Swiss Typography, & Cooper Union


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Insights from further reflections


A definition of imperfection is to make everything perfect, and then misplace one element on purpose.
e.g. tie up hair neatly, then pull some strands out

Western culture (including design and language) influenced Japan and subsequently Taiwan.
Japanese designers attended the Bauhaus and brought the knowledge back to Japan.
Taiwan became the testing ground for modernisation in terms of infrastructures and culture  during the colonisation by enforcing Japanese education. 

It’s easier to follow the rules and blend in. It’s much harder to critically look at traditions and question why we still conform to them.