DESIGNER DIARY | asa-benally

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Dec 18, 2020
1 min

My “January Tree”.

Back in 2010 it was a bleak winter, the recession took hold of NYC and I was living up in the upper west side, my little Wes Anderson...

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Dec 12, 2020
1 min

Theater Design

This is from a page in my notebook from my set design class while I was at Yale. I believe the assignment was The Marriage of Figaro. I...

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Dec 12, 2020
1 min

Research

What is so fascinating about this image is that we see a progression of how modernity is impacting lives of native nations. I’m not sure...

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Dec 12, 2020
1 min

Costume Design

I was commissioned to create a costume for a zoom production. The prompt was to make a look for a Native futurism rendition for The ghost...

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Dec 12, 2020
1 min

Craft

I‘ve had some time on my hands so I took a crack at making a stuffed unicorn! I found a pattern on Etsy and went to town. Now I have...

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Dec 12, 2020
1 min

Indigenous images

as a designer most of my life is spent researching images, extracting storytelling from people in photographs and paintings. This...

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Jun 20, 2020
1 min

The future of fit.

Covid-19 has changed the theater and fashion world so much. There is a lot of discussion about how we will go forward in creating...

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Jun 20, 2020
1 min

Regency Retro

The thought I had when comparing these two paintings was about nostalgia. The painting on the left is from about the 1780’s, the one on...

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May 30, 2020
1 min

Native style: meaning in the moccasins.

There is a lot of history between the indigenous and black communities. I am a humble costume designer, my life is about images and...

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May 12, 2020
1 min

Animal Crossing

The game Animal Crossing has made another comeback during these COVID-Times. What has peaked my interest has been the fashion/costume...

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May 12, 2020
1 min

Design philosophies and musings.

So much about my process is about discovery as well as creativity. In the past few years I’ve started to see myself less as a “Costume...

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