the library
Writing Samples
essays, manifestos, and thesis work written creatively, analytically, critically, and conceptually.
4 pieces
01
Digital Arson: The Library of Alexandria
MFA Thesis · 2026
Octavio's MFA Transdisciplinary Design thesis, aura, authenticity, and authorship in the age of AI, fossilized into stone.
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02
Situated Truths & Complex Personhood
Essay · 2026
A reflection on Donna Haraway's Situated Knowledges and Avery Gordon's Ghostly Matters, navigating relativism, accountability, and care-based design.
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03
Manifestándome
Manifesto · 2024
A personal manifesto written as a letter to a future self, care, storytelling, collaboration, failure, and leadership.
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04
Manifesto on the Poetics of Design
Manifesto · 2025
The poetics of design as the translation of memory and experience into matter. Design as an act of remembrance.
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