Enero 2012
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MBI Weeknote 2
Progress. Challenges. Next Steps
Progress.
I spent the past weeks researching about relevant themes for my project, like the importance of collaboration, the rise of coworking spaces, sharing, etc.
I documented all of this research on the past Weeknote.
Unfortunately I haven’t got the time to start with my interviews, which was the next step. But I did layout the interview and the...
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5 - The Ides of March
I give it a 9 out of 10.
The ides of March is a movie produced, directed, and starred by George Clooney, and executive produced by DiCaprio. It is starred by Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood, and Philip Seymour Hoffman… yeah I know, great cast! The thriller tells the story of a young man working for the presidential campaign who learns that having ideals is not enough in politics. It...
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“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the...”
– Franz Kafka
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4- La piel que habito
From 1 to 10 I give it an 8.5
The Skin I Live In is an Almodóvar movie, and features brilliant actor Antonio Banderas and beautiful Elena Anaya. So as in most of his films, the plot is hard to explain in few sentences, this movie became more complex as it evolved, in his fashioned non-linear narrative.
The movie tells the story of Dr. Robert Ledgard, a brilliant surgeon whose wife pased away due...
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3- Martha
From 1 to 10 I give it a 7
Martha is a mexican movie directed by Marcelino Islas, he is a young director and this is his first feature film (which was his final thesis at Centro) I got the chance to watch it last saturday in Monterrey’s Cineteca. This movie is not part of the 52 Film Showcase.
The story plot-line is about a 70 year old woman called Martha, whose life revolved around...
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MBI Weeknote 1
Progress. Challenges. Next Steps.
This week I’m about to start a guerilla user research. Before I start doing interviews, I’m making a research for relevant data, related articles, etc, to get some insights relevant for my project’s customers. This will help me on the qualitative fieldwork.
I have already made some research and benchmarking on examples of similar projects...
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2- Belle Epine
From 1 to 10 I give it a 7
I saw this movie as part of My French Film Festival showcase. Belle Epine is a drama directed by Rebecca Zlotowski about a 17 year old girl who’s mother died and now lives alone at her apartment. She get’s introduced in an ilegal motorbike race circuit, where she tries to fit and fill a void through rebellion. While she tries to fake her loneliness as...
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I’m presenting my Thesis tomorrow. I’m flipping...
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1 - Las Razones del Corazón
Del 1 al 10 le doy: 8
Mi propósito de ver 300 películas este año no pudo haber empezado mejor. Asistí a la 53 Muestra Internacional de Cine, en la Cineteca, a ver esta película, que de hecho es la primera del ciclo. La película se llama Las razones del Corazón, del director mexicano Arturo Ripstein y escrita por Paz Alicia Garciadiego. La película está inspirada en Madame Bovary de Gustave...
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About this blog.
This is my personal blog where I’ll be posting about design, photography, music, movies, books and other random cool things. I’ll try to keep it in english for a broader audience.
About the sections:
— In the section called Gabriela I’ll keep all the posts tagged with #me. So you can find all the pictures and content about me, or done by me on just one section.
— The section...
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About me.
Catalyst is who I am. Design & Photography is what I do.
My name is Gabriela Salinas, I live, work and study in Monterrey, a city in the north of Mexico known for its mountains and hard-working people. I graduated from Graphic Design and New Media at CEDIM on 2010 as Magna Cum Laude. While studying I started a project called Mitosis010 with three school-mates, focused on showing the...
