Category Archives: Graduate School

Graphic Design Thinking Proofs

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

BIG stack of proofing papers that is the Graphic Design Thinking Book! So exciting. Set to release this May, keep an eye out.

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Thesis is Here!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

My two years at MICA is quickly coming to an end. My thesis will go up at the end of this month. Lots of work has happened in the past year, some recent work from is below. My thesis is … Continue reading →

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Design.org Writeup

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

My Key Portraits thesis is featured on design.org. Take a peek…

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Thank Hoo

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

The GD MFA program just finished our visiting artist workshop with Keetra Dean Dixon. She was inspiring, sweet and passionate about teaching us how to misuse and abuse materials in 3 days. We were taken through different stages of material … Continue reading →

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MICA WINS!

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

MICA took home the grand prize and my team got honorable mention in the 24hour Visualizing.org dataviz marathon! SO PROUD!!

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Learning to Code

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

I’ve been taking a class titled Interactive Media and Publishing. The goal is to create own wordpress theme by the end of the semester. For someone who barely knew how to bold text in HTML code, I have to say, … Continue reading →

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24 Hour Design Marathon

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

This time last week I was in the middle of the 24 hour Design Challenge held by Visualizing.org. Starting at noon on Saturday noon and ending at noon on Sunday, our challenge was to “Visualize the impact of humanity’s footprint … Continue reading →

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The Thesis Blog

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

As part of our Thesis, we’re required to start a blog. I’ve set one up at akeythesis.com it’ll be used for documenting my ideas and research around the key, collaborating with my studio mates and keeping me on track.

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Ready, Set, GO.

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

I’ve got a little less than two weeks before the end of my summer and beginning of my Thesis year at the MICA Graphic Design MFA program. I have been especially reflective this week as it’s been a whole year … Continue reading →

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Tracing Keys

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

I wanted to move to doing some visual things with keys, so I’m drawing vector outlines of my keys. I’ve got over a hundred in my key library I can trace right now. My initial ideas are to create a … Continue reading →

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