Videos / SVA MFA Designer As Author: Thesis Projects
Anne Van Wagener on Greyhound Guardians
Greyhound Guardians is a national campaign dedicated to educating the public about the plight of racing greyhounds worldwide.
Email: avanwagener@gmail.com
Website: greyhound-guardians.org, avwdesign.com
Thesis Advisor: Debbie Millman
Len Small on Merge/Feast
Merge/Feast is a book and podcast series that profiles relationships mixing faith, culture, and love at the dinner table.
Email: lenpsmall@gmail.com
Website: www.lensmalldesign.com
Thesis Advisor: Milton Glaser
Esther Wu on Fig. 1
Fig. 1 is a line of home accessories inspired by beautiful and mysterious images from science.
Email: mail@estherwu.com
Website: www.estherwu.com
Thesis Advisor: Paola Antonelli
Sophy Lee on Floa
Floa is a sculptural system of flowerpots that accommodates growing plants.
Email: soriml@gmail.com
Website: www.sophylee.com
Thesis Advisor: Louise Fili
Jerry Braccia on Sproo
Sproo is a set of interchangeable action figure model kits that reconfigure constructive hobbies and products. Sproo is aimed at hobbyists from ten to fifteen years old.
Email: postudio@aol.com
Website: www.sproofigure.com
Thesis Advisor: Rodney Alan Greenblat
Wichai Lertariyanunt on Gig
Wichai Lertariyanunt has created Gig, a healthy children’s beverage, with packaging designed to encourage interactive play.
Email: num_eang@hotmail.com
Thesis Advisor: Jennifer Kinon
Alexandra Kane on Governors Island
Governors Island is a campaign to increase visibility and public excitement for Governors Island as an emerging New York destination.
Email: alexandra.kane@gmail.com
Thesis Advisor: Keith Godard
Joshua Hester on You'll Be Fine
You'll Be Fine is a website featuring health topics on sex, drugs and video games aimed at young adults freshly out of college up to their mid-thirties.
Email: josh.hester@gmail.com
Website: www.youllbefine.org, www.joshuahester.com
Thesis Advisor: John Carlin
Tamara Gildengers Connolly on Kli
Kli is a contemporary line of judaica that has a scholarly approach with regard to jewish history while juxtaposing unexpected and often maverick gestures.
Email: info@kliproducts.com
Website: www.kliproducts.com
Thesis Advisor: Magnus Lundström
Julie Tinker on We The People
We The People is a line of apparel and accessories that celebrates American rights, liberties and freedoms. The designer, Julie Tinker, feels that some of the most fundamental ideas associated with patriotism are seldom discussed.
Email: info@wearyourrights.com
Website: www.wearyourrights.com
Thesis Advisor: Milton Glaser
Clement Wu on The Killer Language Series
The Killer Language Series is a line of DVDs designed to help build the conversational skills of the intermediate level foreign language student using practical dialog from classic gangster films. The first in this series is Cantonese.
Email: cwd@clementwu.com
Website: www.clementwu.com
Thesis Advisor: Edwin Schlossberg
Ryan Feerer on Thy Old Murkville Forest
Thy Old Murkville Forest is made up of a world of products including an illustrated novella, a compilation CD with original music written for Murkville, and an interactive website that brings this mysterious and fantastical world to life.
Websites: www.murkville.com, www.myspace.com/murkville
Thesis Advisor: John Carlin
Jessica Jackson on Penwrite
Penwrite is a kit, designed to develop an individual's everyday handwriting by re-introducing cursive in their daily lives. The kit contains both didactic instructions for improving form as well as providing pleasure and entertainment value to the purchaser. The kit includes an instruction manual, a fountain pen, practice tablet, a writing guided chart, and note cards.
E-mail: jessicajackson@designisqueen.com
Website: www.designisqueen.com
Thesis Advisor: Louise Fili
Jacqueline Schoeffel on Lettura
Lettura is a series of typographic blankets made to be both comforting and visually expressive. One can both literally relate to and envelop oneself in a Lettura blanket in that most intimate space — the home.
Website: www.lettura-ny.com
Thesis Advisor: Laurene Boym
Sarah Foley on Y'All Behave
Y'All Behave is a website that encourages good manners by illustrating what not to do. Using a more relaxed approach to manners, Y'All Behave makes learning the rules of etiquette more enjoyable and exciting. By illustrating rules necessary for modern social situations in a simple and humorous way, Y'all Behave enables young people to take a new interest in knowing how to treat their friends, bosses, lovers, and neighbors.
Email: hello@yallbehave.com
Website: www.yallbehave.com
Thesis Advisor: Veronique Vienne
Sharon Noh on Ikonoki
Ikonoki is a card game featuring a unique set of cards that depict the cultural icons of China, Japan, Korea and Thailand. Through playing the game, the players learn the icons of each country and become aware of the similarities among the cultures. The main objective of the game is to promote diversity within Asian cultures and to provide entertainment and a great learning experience.
Email: sharonnoh@hotmail.com
Thesis Advisor: Veronique Vienne
Randy J. Hunt on The Amazing Project
The Amazing Project is a website that highlights amazing people doing amazing things to improve the world. By featuring worthwhile projects and focusing on why and how they're making positive change, The Amazing Project gives supporters and volunteers compelling reasons to act.
Email: randy@citzenscholar.com
Website: www.amazingproject.org
Thesis Advisor: Mark Randall
Shannon Lowers on Bare Trail
Bare Trail is a brand inspired by hikers' and backpackers' respect for the wilderness and desire to preserve the natural environment. The Bare Trail products offer illustrated instructions of the no-trace techniques for use when venturing outdoors. With a line that includes guides, equipment stickers, stuff sacks and apparel items, Bare Trail celebrates hiking and backpacking, and their comical elements.
E-mail: baretrail@gmail.com
Website: www.baretrail.com
Thesis Advisor: Christoph Niemann
Rebecca Pollock on Sift
Sift is a line of textiles inspired by things found on the sidewalks of New York. Patterns in the Sift line demonstrate how the charming, imperfect arrangements of the sidewalk's lesser-seen parts can be an antidote to the din and grit of city living. Launch products include duvet covers and shams, throw pillows and canvas tote bags.
E-mail: bekkyp@gmail.com
Website: www.rebeccapollock.com
Thesis Advisor: Peter Buchanan-Smith
Amanda Spielman on Bookfool
Bookfool is a website for fiction recommendations that matches people to books based on factors such as mood, personal circumstances and geography. One of the pleasures in reading novels is the discovery of connections between a book and the reader's own life, and Bookfool helps people make these connections. Trustworthy and tremendous, Bookfool is a reliable friend to lovers of fiction.
E-mail: amanda@graphomanic.net
Websites: www.graphomanic.net, www.bookfoolery.com
Thesis Advisor: Scott Stowell
Elana Dweck on Meqet
Inspired by a combination of organic forms and vintage sensibilities, Meqet is a distinctive line of portable pill cases designed especially for women. Both beautiful and practical, Meqet helps individuals feel more comfortable and confident about taking medications, vitamins or supplements by providing a stylish way to store and carry tablets.
E-mail: elana@elanadweck.com
Website: www.meqet.com
Thesis Advisor: Laurene Boym
Lara McCormick on Stop and Start Over
Stop and Start Over demystifies the process of recovery. It targets a younger generation of addicts and alcoholics who may have trouble relating to current graphics and language associated with recovery programs. The website encourages participation, provides hope, and offers a community of support. It brings a new informational approach to recovery with thoughtful design.
E-mail: laramc@gmail.com
Website: www.stopandstartover.org
Thesis Advisor: Stephen Doyle
Darren Melchiorre on Coverculture
Coverculture is a museum exhibition that explores the impact of album cover art from the 1940s to the present day and considers how these covers both document and reflect the interests and values of our culture.
E-mail: darren@evokedesigns.com
Website: www.evokedesigns.com
Thesis Advisor: Dorothy Twining Globus
Ande La Monica on Spotlight
Spotlight. A television show that brings Shakespeare to pop culture.
E-mail: ande@ande.nu
Website: www.ande.nu
Michelle Martynowicz on Hello Design
Hello Design. Your Visual Career Guide. Hello Design is an online career guide for high school students.
E-mail: michellemartynowicz@yahoo.com
Website: www.dreamowl.com
Megan Oiler on TMNY
TMNY. That’s Mine. New York. Customized luggage for easy identification (and fun!)
E-Mail: megoiler@yahoo.com
Website: www.meganoiler.com
Thesis Advisor: Martin Kace
Olympia Vouitsis on Caringhood
Caringhood is a virtual neighborhood where elders and their families can talk and share their experiences, opinions, advice, and resources regarding elder care service to learn and support one another.
E-mail: olympia@caringhood.com
Website: www.caringhood.com
Thesis Advisor: Leslie Smolan
Sue Walsh on Bia
Bia. Strong is Beautiful. Bia is a line of free weights and instruction designed to encourage women to add strength training to their lives.
E-mail: sue@susanwalsh.net
Website: www.susanwalsh.net
Thesis advisor: Laurene Boym
Luma Eldin on Thread
Thread. For the People from the People. Thread is a social awareness campaign for the people of the Middle East that connects them based on their links of culture, history, and a common struggle.
E-Mail: lumaeldin@gmail.com
Website: www.lumaeldin.com
Thesis Advisor: Martin Kace
Brian Smith on Nimbus
Brian Smith Nimbus go in the dark Visibility gear for urban cyclists.
E-mail: mail@brianesmith.net
Website: www.brianesmith.net
Thesis Advisor: Stephen Doyle
Luisa Gloria on San Honesto
San Honesto. Patron Saint Against Corruption, Bribery and Lies!
E-Mail: sanhonesto@mac.com
Website: www.sanhonesto.com
Thesis Advisor: Mitch Nash
Kate Boyle on Dillie
Dillie. A Hipper Shade of Green. A line of playful designer and eco-friendly baby and toddler wear.
E-Mail: jboyle@ix.netcom.com
Thesis Advisor: Gail Anderson
David Haring on MOBILIS pods
MOBILIS pods. Visionary travel. Mobilis is a lightweight pod that creates a frame for the environment, focusing one’s view and intensifying perceptions.
E-Mail: david.haring@mobilispods.com
Website: www.mobilispods.com
Thesis Advisor: Jack Pascarosa
Sunniva Djupedal on Sunniva
Sunniva. Sculpture Enhances Ability. Products for people with disabilities that celebrate aesthetics as equally as function.
E-Mail: sunniva@sunnivahaye.com
Website: www.sunnivahaye.com
Thesis advisor: Magnus Lundström
Carrie Solomon on Carrie Solomon
Carrie Solomon. A series of home furnishings inspired by organic forms in nature and abstract art.
E-Mail: carriesolomonmail@yahoo.com
Website: www.carriesolomon.com
Thesis Advisor: Martin Kace
Jamie Prokell on Recycle This
recycle this. Recycling made easy. With so many complicated messages about recycling coming at us everyday, "recycle this" provides support for deciphering them. "recycle this - Introduction to Recycling Kit” you have the tools to set up your own home recycling center in minutes and all the information to begin using it.
E-Mail: jamieprokell@hotmail.com
Website: www.jamieprokell.com
Thesis advisor: Steff Geissbuhler
Andy Outis on APLY
APLY: Tools for Urban Cyclists. The Revolution Will Be Self-Propelled. A line of bicycle accessories which are designed specifically to make riding a bike in big cities easier, safer, and more enjoyable.
E-Mail: andy@shift7studio.com
Website: www.shift7studio.com
Thesis Advisor: Kevin O’Callaghan
Suzy Cho on Dirt
Get Growing. Dirt is a line of container gardening kits for the novice urban gardener. These kits enable otherwise non-gardeners to overcome their own limitations by providing the essential tools and information needed to grow plants successfully.
E-Mail: suzy@aviatenyc.org
Website: www.suzycho.com
Thesis Advisor: Gael Towey
Amy Wang on Ametrica!
Ametrica! Let’s move to Ametrica! A public awareness campaign to help convert the U.S. to the metric system.
E-Mail: hello@ametrica.info
Website: www.ametrica.info
Thesis Advisor: Stefan Sagmeister
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