AAS Communication Design 2020

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Jennifer Wang

Familiar Strangers

Familiar Strangers is a reflection on family history through my father’s archive of old photographs. I chose to engage with this archive to discover familiar connections by creating visual forms to the process of reconnecting. The project is a response to my upbringing without grandparental relatio (...)

Rafia Rehman

Mixed

Identity isn't always as concrete as we strive for it to be. Day to day we are faced with the notion of defining who we are, but the path is never linear. We try to make sense of life by placing what's around us in categories of things akin. But what happens when we feel like we don't fit into a cer (...)

Ritu Damani

What Matters

Material culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. The different kinds of objects people possess, and the stories behind them, have always been a keen subject of interest to me. Every person has that one item that they have kept very safel (...)

Seung Hong

Blue Mochi

When I was young, I used to spend time playing arcade games placed next to the small store that sold cheap and delicious candies. I loved almost all the treats sold in the store, but what I liked most was the bright blue-colored lollipop because I could giggle with my friends while showing them my b (...)

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Gustavo Reyes Rivera

Project SEVA

In the growing age of technology and globalization, we are exposed more than ever to a vast amount of information. That being said, I noticed when I moved to the United States that all the events, stories, tragedies, and triumphs of life in Puerto Rico were missing. In its place existed a vain and m (...)

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Sydney Goldberger

Rebirth: Forming Strength

The COVID-19 pandemic has globally impacted the world on both a societal and an individual level. The virus has taken a significant toll on daily lives, the global economy, and personal mental health and well-being. However, the recent rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has brought a sense of hope that (...)

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Thais Chu

Jardin Wine Label

Jardin is a concept project in which I have created a French label that specializes in refining wine to enhance naturally occurring floral aromas. My work intends to highlight each signature flower within their respective gardens throughout the collection. The identity is reversible to signify the n (...)

Ayten Hennawy

visioBEAT

Sound can be a powerful tool in amplifying the desired effect and emotion of many things that surround us in our daily life. I believe that music has fueled and nurtured my creativity over the years, acting as a constant source of inspiration and motivation. This fascination prompted a deeper explor (...)

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Yuico Uchiyama

Chroma

As mood is explained as waves in the clinical symptoms of mood disorders, our emotions are continuous waves that interact with various factors in our lives. While these indescribable waves of feelings play a significant role in our lives, we often misunderstand, underestimate, or hastily try to diag (...)

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Wendie Wanhsiu Lee

Fusion: Cross Culture Palate

*Fusion: Cross Culture Palate* explores a cross-culture identity through food. Growing up as a third culture person, there has always been a struggle with identity and belonging. Food has always been a common ground when it came to connecting with both cultures. This book is a visual comparison of t (...)

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Alexarae Vega

Human Centered Design - Self Direction Services

The concept was to create an Identity for Self-Direction. Self-Direction is a Medicaid waiver program outlined on the New York State Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) website. This is an up-and-coming program that is rapidly gaining attention within the developmentally disab (...)

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Melissa Yee Ting Tang

Rebrand: Harlem Train Schedule

**Research** The objective of the project is to redesign the Harlem line train schedule. The original design, which is shown above, is harsh on the eyes and confusing for new passengers. I reorganized all the information and decided to separate the schedule from its various departure locations. The (...)

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Becky Greubel

You (Collectively)

You (collectively) is an online space to encourage critical thinking about how we define ourselves. As you visit the page each day, you are asked a new, thought-provoking question, aiming to encourage deeper thought about how you think about yourself and others. Your response is added to a collectiv (...)

Ralston Hough

Bardo Cards

100% of human beings die, yet more than half of Americans do not think much about their own death. We plan for everything else in life. Why not the one thing that is inevitable and universal in the human experience? In Buddhism, the Bardo is an intermediate realm where the dead undergo judgment and (...)

Maria Luiza Scheidemantel

D+NP

Nonprofit organizations are places where like-minded people work together to support good causes; a nonprofit transforms shared beliefs and hopes into actions, gives a more solid shape to a noble cause and assists in economic growth. D+NP is a nonprofit organization/studio that aims to help other no (...)

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Isabel Campbell

Reflect/Adoption

Reflect/adoption started off as a personal self-reflection on my adoption experience. After stumbling upon a handwritten note I wrote at age nine to my birth mother, I realized I have never taken the time to sit down and reflect on my adoption story. Over the past 24 years, I’ve accumulated memories (...)

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Jim Chung

Typography: Sevenbars

This project uses typography as an instrument to develop a design system. By applying a strict set of rules and requirements (e.g., defined parameters, fixed vs. moving variables, etc.), the project intends to generate letterforms through a systematic approach. In the first phase of the project, th (...)

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Clarissa Machado

Embodiment of Freedom

We live very fast-paced lives. As a way to create balance in our routine, we tend to seek out activities that allow us to feel at ease, to disconnect for a moment and to try to become more present. These activities can become meditative as they allow us to relax, increase our awareness and mental cl (...)

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In the Moment

It’s 2020, the middle of a pandemic. Due to the unknown future outcome, people feel scared and find themselves reevaluating their lives. They are not in control of anything happening outside their four walls, and with a lack of social interaction, they are getting more in touch with their inner selv (...)

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Fernanda Penfold

Seeing Then, Looking Now

Seeing Then, Looking Now addresses the importance of reflecting on the past to understanding the present. It is a three-part project through which I examined my political, social and personal histories as a way of exploring how design can be used to build structures that help us form connections. M (...)

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Brooke Shapiro

a. Is that You? b. Choose

Pants or shorts? Blue or Green? Polyester or Wool? Does this match? Or not? White Chocolate or Dark Chocolate? Croissant or Granola? Too much or too little? Walk or Bus? Soft or Firm? Quiet or Speak? Simple or Complex? Acceptable or Unacceptable? Run or Bike? Gym or Lounge? Book or Movie? Keep or (...)

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