Ethan Östling

How would you define making it big?

Pursuing every avenue, no timid moves, always as much as possible.

What's a big move that has shaped you?

Art –> GraphicDesign

What's your next big move?

GraphicDesign –> The World

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IG: @ethanostling

ethanostling.com

Favorite project at CalArts?

T-SHIRT SHOW!!!

Funnest memory from a crit?

top 10 scott's pencil escaping from his ear funny moments

Who is your favorite GD faculty member?

WHoa there I don't play favorites! (obviously Shelley)

Name an important lesson you've learned so far in your academic career.

You Just Gotta Commit Sometimes

What is your favorite part of the design process?

when it clicks...

What are 3 must-haves/must-dos that put you in a working mood?

1. LOUD MUSIC 2. A healthy and nutritious breakfast 3. A nice Uhhh cup of coffee or tea

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Sights for Sounds: Yèkèrmo Sèw

Vinyl album cover and record sleeve for Mulatu Astatke’s “Yèkèrmo Sèw”, from the compilation “Éthiopiques, Vol. 4”. Found imagery scanned, combined, rotated, and collaged to create small connections between unrelated images and convey a hazy, nostalgic atmosphere.

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Advanced Web: How Many Times?

Javascript calculation website recontextualizing the absurd wealth of the billionaire ruling class with slightly more comprehensible measures of wealth… attending CalArts, paying a schoolteacher’s salary, ending homelessness in the United States….