misc.

Galleries:
NASA FOIA: F-16 SFW Wind Tunnel Testing
HAVE BLUE: HAVE HALF/SCRAM
MVOTC: Floral Pattern

NASA FOIA: F-16 SFW Wind Tunnel Testing

On March 11th (bleeding into March 12th), I filed a FOIA request with NASA Langley Research Center regarding an interesting image I stumbled upon online. I have a deep passion for photography, film in partcicular, and would like to compile some of the graphics, photogrpahs, minor personal projects, and sources that have influenced my design and architectual career.

HAVE BLUE: HAVE HALF/SCRAM

During the summer of 2024, a recent trip to Central Europe re-instigated my passion for film photography, inspired by my own photographs and social media accounts which covered architecture and design, I experimented with a photograph of the Lockheed Martin 70s project for a stealth interceptor, Have Blue. The entire collection, the source of which I will soon add to this gallery, is quite illustrative, as much so as you can when displaying intentionally fearsomely designed military objects. Taking design inspiration from an AR-15 or modern assault rifle is frankly not something I would treat very positively, as though both military aircraft and weapon design follow the tenants of sharp edges, and intentionally authoritarian design, aeronautics has parametric and functionalist elements that rely on a more quiet attribution of menace. My interest in these Cold War aircraft is not out of praise or obsession with the aesthetics of authority, but one of critical analysis. Knowing what hurts in design is as important as knowing what is right to do. Someone who studies hate groups does not do it out of praise but through social analysis of what makes up these groups in the first place. The same analytical principles apply here.

MVOTC: Floral Pattern

In the fall of 2024, I went on a lengthy internet search for the spine floral pattern of the Vampire Weekend album, Modern Vampires of the City. The spine of the CD issue of the album included this pattern, as well as other items associated with both the physical and digital design elements in the album's release. I'm currently also searching for the floral pattern Zach Braff uses in Garden State (2004), but so far I have no conclusive results. You may recognize this as the background of some of the pages on this site.