AAS Communication Design 2020

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Amanda Mei

Reimagine: Self

The artist’s book *Reimagine: Self* is an imaginary conversation with Carl Jung responding to his book *The Undiscovered Self* – a brilliant and searching inquiry into the dilemma of the individual in modern society. Carl Jung was one of the greatest psychologists in the last century and his book w (...)

Chris Barrett

Memory in Mind

This is an exploration of memory. It is divided into three sections: Place, Time, and Perspective. Through each of these phases the themes of vividness and articulation became more consistent. These two words take on a life force of their own and work in tandem and are at odds with one another. They (...)

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 (...)

Beth Cronvich

Music, Emotions, & Synesthesia

Music. It inspires art. It elicits emotions. It is a sensory experience. I listen to music to have an effect on my emotions and to encourage creativity. “Music doesn’t only evoke emotions at the individual level, but also at the interpersonal and intergroup level. Listeners mirror their reactions (...)

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 (...)

Leia Carter

Ultra Machina

"ULTRA MACHINA is a speculative “choose your own adventure” hypertext game that explores the concepts of fate and free will by challenging users to change the endings of stories they already know. Inspired by the ""deus ex machina"" literary device, the game’s first iteration retreads the familiar (...)

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Lucia Velasco Gomez

Beautiful Ache

Our emotions and deepest fears are often a closed book. This project navigates mental health and self-expression through fragments, quotes, and illustrations by Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, and William F. Draper. Their ideas, quotes, and creative expressions became a lens to see my own thoughts and (...)

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Gabriel Smoller

Liminal Spaces

Liminal Spaces explores the discomfort of transition. My work started as an examination of the many diverse ways that Brooklynites use their stoops. I loved thinking about stoops as loosely definable moments of transition (from upstairs to downstairs, inside to outside, private to public, etc.), and (...)

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Sydney Zeldis

Apocalypse Eventually

Apocalypse Eventually is an immensely personal and stylized rendering of my psyche, brought to you in the form of a non-traditional website. In summary, it is a non-functioning arcade containing three punny machines that lead to three different pages that continue to explore themes of pollution, mon (...)

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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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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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Noah Schwadron

Win from Within

Why do we nail three-pointers in one game but miss them all in the next? Win From Within is an interactive web article exploring the under appreciated relationship between athletic performance and the subconscious mind. Deeply inspired by Timothy Gallwey's book *The Inner Game of Tennis*, the articl (...)

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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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