AAS Communication Design 2020

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Julie Lepage

The Bouncing Post

Sports can have a significant positive impact on someone’s well-being. Not only do sports reduce stress, they also give people ways to bond and practice collaboration, while reaping the physical and mental health benefits of exercising. Want a burst of happiness? You wish you could put your anxiety (...)

Maria Boado

KoKoKit

KoKoKit is a kit that allows children to explore their surroundings as they travel around the world of their imagination. Recognizing self-play as a right that all children possess, KoKoKit addresses the influence of structured lives and predefined toys characteristic of many childhood realities tod (...)

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 (...)

Deborah Laban

Subway Seat

I created this photo essay to show the feelings we all share as a society. I based it on the subway because most people, no matter economic class or age, take the subway at some point here in New York. The subway is an equalizer--everyone sits in the same seats and everyone feels the same loneliness (...)

Michelle Lupo

Hoboken Shelter Re-Branding

Having worked at a non-profit and done a great deal of volunteer work, I have seen how hard it can be to build awareness in a community and get people to consistently donate their time or efforts to a cause. I have volunteered at The Hoboken Sheltermany times, and have seen the great services it pro (...)

Dannis Fu

Intertidal

INTERTIDAL is a virtual exhibition that focuses on the natural objects found along the Hudson River during low tide hours. I want this exhibition to be my quiet yet poetic response to this consumerist society. It is crucial to rebuilding the ability to identify and appreciate materials and craftsm (...)

Jia Cheng Wang

Lost Heritage

In New Zealand, historical sites are frequently targeted for rapid urbanization through the vehicle of demolishment. Lost Heritage is an interactive exhibition about the demolition of historic sites in New Zealand. 15 200-piece wooden puzzles of New Zealand’s different neighborhoods would be place (...)

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Ophelia Overton

Image Maker Awards

This is an identity and original concept for an awards show called “Image Maker,” (stylized IMG MKR) which celebrates cultural icons whose images have captured and shaped the zeitgeist. It explores image making as a type of currency in American culture. The visual language is inspired by both film a (...)

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Denise Mylonakis

Places to Sit

Places to sit is a lovingly curated collection of public city benches by Denise Mylonakis. Made for the people, by the people; each city bench is a blueprint of those who made it, where it's located and the people who sit on it. The project was inspired and began with Montreal’s bench variety and cr (...)

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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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Jamie Soohoo

Breaking Bread

*Breaking Bread* is a self-exploration of data storytelling and the ways in which I choose to represent different types of information. Starting with a research question of how sharing food connects people, I gathered data surrounding the topic of sharing food. Through a survey of 20 individuals, da (...)

Julia Sullivan

Manliness and Emotional Vulnerability

The American Psychological Association has warned that traditional masculine ideology is associated with adverse effects on mental and physical health. Men who adhere to masculine norms are more likely to have psychological problems such as depression, stress, body image problems, substance abuse, a (...)

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Nani Harakawa

Objectivity

Objectivity is a series of work that express how my time at Parsons and experiences in 2020 (an unconventional year) have changed my perspective and understanding of what I find meaningful. They are deeper looks into details, explorations of passed over or tossed aside ideas and a celebration of the (...)

Nicole Flores

Pause.

*Pause.* is a collection of self-reflections that I gathered from friends and family, written in the form of a letter to themselves. My intention in creating this book is to encourage people to develop a habit of self-reflection, whether it’s reflecting on what you value, your strengths and weakness (...)

Danielle Herman

Someone, Somewhere

Throughout history, interior design publications have been contrived with the propensity to speak to a small subset of people with disposable income to be spent on home design. Homes and lifestyles are captured in a staged way instead of documented for anthropological reference. Post Industrial Revo (...)

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Insecta Rebranding

Sustainability is a concept that focuses on the needs of today without compromising future generations and their needs. Insecta is a brand designed to help the environment and prevent the torture and killing of animals for their fur or skin. This project is the rebranding of a Peruvian sustainable v (...)

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