WHAT IS A HUMAN PROJECT
This project was done in my Depaul Capstone class, which is a class that all seniors are required to take. The class is 20 weeks long, and the students are allowed to do one project on any topic they’d like. I chose to explore the question of, “What is a human?” Throughout the 20 weeks of this class I went around asking friends, family, and especially strangers the question of “What is a human?”, and recorded their responses in my notes. I asked over 70 people this question, and met so many interesting humans along the way. I took each person’s response and used Midjourney AI to generate a human-like portrait of them based off of their answer. I then gathered each person’s portrait and answer, and designed a book around it. The final project was presented in the Design Museum of Chicago, and held there over a weekend for the public to view. I plan on continuing this project outside of my education, because of the inner passion I found while working on this project.
PORTRAITS
“The worlds greatest invasive species”
“Organic, Unpredictable, Destructive, Negative”
“They are like a duality, they can do good things, but also bad things”
“The ultimate living being”
“A heart and a mind”
“God created”
“Sentients”
“A living organism”
“Passionate beings”
“A being that has the idea that they have free thought”
“Intelligent beings”
“Top of the chain”
“Cunning”
“They form communities”
“Distracted”
“a spirit inside them that gives them life and drives them to seek out the things that they desire”
“The result of millions of years of natural evolution combined with the mysterious introduction of other worldly intelligence that my lead to our triumph or our demise”
“Things that work to satisfy their ego”
“Having emotions”
“Conscious animals”
“The highest lifeform on earth”
“A conscious being that knows right from wrong”
“The epitome of mother nature”
“They love power”
“Resilient against time”
“An animal”
“Problem solvers”
"Bones with flesh, a heart, memories, and emotions."
“A soul with individuality”
”Savage animals”