Buy Nothing Day by AdBusters

Hand Done SVA Poster by Cardon Webb

Shine Advertising Letterpress Business Card

Lovejoy Vodka designed by Jared Milam

Futu Mag

By Denis Kuchta

Type by Colin Matsui

Marian Bantjes‘ Business Card

by Always With Honor

Hey Kate, I am entering my Foundation Year at Parsons this fall and I’m so excited! But I’m nervous that it’s going to be super competitive. Is it?

At Parsons, I feel like there is some competition… but most students tend to be friendly and open. As you go on from Foundation Year and separate into your own majors you kind of become a family within your major (at least that’s the way it is in Communication Design). I know we occasionally make fun of how much the Fashion Design students complain, but hey, they do! My personal outlook is that while we are in school we should share knowledge and try to create lasting bonds and contacts with our classmates. By the end of Junior year, in Communication Design ‘10 we already know each others strengths and certain skills or insights we would like to learn from our peers. I’ve had teachers who have tried to pit us against one another saying “You’ll be fighting kids in this class for THAT job after school—know each others weaknesses!”… while with the state of the economy maybe the graduating seniors may feel like it’s a snake pit, I think its important to feel confident in your own strengths and learn how to work well in a team you trust that can make up for your shortcomings. I think what seperates graphic design from other industries in some ways is, or should be, the community.

Crystal Gwyn & Ashley Higgins – PikNik Magazine

Another one of my favorite senior thesis projects is my photo-major friend Crystal Gwyn (and her other photo major friend Ashley Higgins)’s PikNik Magazine premiere issue. Although it’s not on show at the AMT Thesis Exhibition I previously posted about, it may soon be for sale on the PikNik website. I had class with Crystal both semesters this past school year and I watched their project grow over time, and it has seriously come such a long way. Their blog gives a good introduction to the type of content in the self-billed “youth culture magazine with an emphasis on social and environmental consciousness.”

Daniel Edward
(not sure if this is his thesis work but I love it)

Anastasia Mouyis – “Comfortable Memories”