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Lauren Greenblatt THE 33° ANGLE OF APPROACH
Thirty-three degrees is the average angle at which left-handed individuals tilt their paper to write. As a left-handed designer, I have found that approaching design challenges from a different angle, both literally and conceptually, is often necessary. This perspective has developed into a mindset that allows me to view limitations, accidents, and glitches not as obstacles but as opportunities. I have thus defined my thesis as the 33° Angle of Approach. This is a left-handed design philosophy that embraces curiosity as a process and promotes authenticity within design outcomes.
At its core, the 33° Angle of Approach is about expecting the unexpected. This involves utilizing hand-crafted techniques in both physical and digital spaces, exploring material as form and form as content, embracing tedious processes while performing fast-paced experiments, the misappropriation of tools, and most importantly, being open. Designing at thirty-three degrees is being open to moments of discovery and serendipity, allowing that to drive the creative direction.
With a background in the visual arts, music, and film, I have always been drawn to media that celebrates chance and “happy accidents” as exciting opportunities for expression. I find that leaning into imperfection results in work that feels authentic. My thesis therefore explores how adopting a left-handed methodology generates design that is explorative, playful, and real.
50 Questions, 2024.
Projection on folded paper, 48 × 32 in.
Abstract Possessions, 2025.
Poster, 33 ⅛ × 23 ⁷⁄₁₆ in.
Multiple Workshops, 2024.
Poster, 24 × 18 in.
Filter of Perspective, 2024.
Books, each 9 × 4 in.
My Toy Cars, 2024.
Risograph posters, each 17 × 11 in.