Sarah Lauren Holloway

I am a graduate from the Department of Furniture Design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). My practice is an amalgamation of traditional craft techniques in conversation with the rapidly developing field of tech design - from wifi routers to PC cases. I believe computation can be reinterpreted as a craft discipline and integrated into the history of craft.

For instance, the jacquard loom is often regarded as the precursor to modern computation, and the inventor of copper-printed computer chips drew inspiration from historical printmaking techniques. Yet, computation is frequently siloed, detaching its discourse and history from other fields with deeper traditions of human innovation. My work seeks to offer an alternative, holistic approach to tech criticism that is rooted in longer traditions of making and cultural production.

My studies in aesthetics are researched and presented under the moniker, Pretty Secrets, an ongoing traveling exhibition series that presents the work of emerging design talent focused on how traditional craft techniques stretching millennia can be pulled at and pieced together to dialogue with the conditions of the present.

I produce some work for the joy of use. This can be purchased in 'Designed for Purchase'

Sometimes I feel private. So if this website goes under lock and key of a password please email me:
sarah [at] sarahholloway.net