Notes on End

Notes on End is a design studio led by Luisa Ji, with analysis and synthesis on how to move from understanding arts and culture as objects and artifacts to seeing them as systems and networks.

Notes on End

Trim marks, registration, annotations, references, notes on the selvage... these are evidence of collaboration across people, contexts, machines, seasons, and boundaries. They are marks not meant to be read by those who receive the goods at the end, but without them, the goods wouldn't have been made. Notes on End designs processes to move from arts and culture as objects and artifacts to seeing them as systems and networks. In a moment where culture is compressed into trends, NoE

Drawing on my first decade of design practice, which helped establish residency programs, digital transformation initiatives, and professional development in arts and culture, NoE is rooted in the conversation about aesthetics, culture, and impossible choices that shape contemporary living, and is driven by research, practice, and relentless artistic inquiry.


NoE operates through three streams:

Mouth-blown Glassware / One of One

Objects in Collaboration / Research in New Craft

Art Market as Network-Infrastructure / Program Design, Strategy