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Spring 2024
Grad Studio I
I am an Alien
Liminality & Transition
Time, Space, and Love
Meet Me In Montgomery
Research and Publish
Fracture
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Spring 2024

Fall 2023
Senior Studio
Roots & Resonance
Symptoms of Growth
Fading Echoes
Touch Fish!
Anemoia
Manic
Motion Graphics
A BLUE COAT
Tender Buttons
Beginner’s Mind
Ink Ballet
TOPPLE!
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Fall 2023

Spring 2023
Grad Studio I
The French Dispatch
TIP Art Kit
The Happiness Spice
Starless Night
Fungus
Spark! Fellowship
Timo App
          Terrier Tastes App
Demo Day Spring 2023

Fall 2022

Senior Studio
ROOM
Grid Space
VAR*RL
The Forms
Sounds of Comfort
Impermanence and Unpresent
Envisioning Energy
Reliving Memories
Delusions
Motion Graphics
Special Memory
A Little Peace, Please
808 Learns
Methodology in Motion
Star Glide
 Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Fall 2022

Spring 2022
Grad Studio I
Secrets Are No Fun... 
Many Separate Parts
          Infinite Thoughts
          Feel What You Feel
Fragments of Life
The Ramp
          Holographic Music
Butterflies
Unlocking the Space Between
          Web of Grey’s Anatomy
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Spring 2022

Fall 2021
Senior Studio
Fluid Design 
Uncriticized
Direct Shot
Reflection
Out of Bounds
Motion Graphics
Stein’s Sprinkles 
1 Word: Explode
ASMR
Transient Light
Basketball
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Fall 2021

Spring 2021
Grad Studio I
Analog < 2020 < Digital
Liminality of the Elevator
Burn(ing)(ed)
Drop the Ball
Shawshank
Junior Type
Lollapalooza
Soft Serve
Strawberry Music Festival
i’m lovin’ it
Curtain
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Spring 2021

Fall 2020
Senior Studio 
27-1024
Design Nomads
GenZillennial
Protest: Impact & Empathy
A Typographical Metaphor
Motion Graphics
Dystopia
Home
A Piano
Tender Buttons
A Red Hat
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Fall 2020

Spring 2020
Grad Studio I
Sound of color
Re-Memory
Fenway Typography
COVID-19 Crisis
Limbo
Motion Graphics
Zoom
Breakslow
Layers: Tender Buttons
Neolithic Age
Poetry in LA
Spark! Fellowship
Demo Day Spring 2020

Fall 2019
Senior Studio
Brand Matrix
Brand New Worlds
Experimental Typography
The Persistence of Posters
Beasts of No Nation
Interactive Design
Time Will Heal
Sounds of Sunday
Water Waste
10-eye
See it All

Spring 2019
Senior Thesis
Evolution of Words
Dirty Water
The Body is The Bind
Nostalgia 
Primordial Soup

Fall 2018
Grad Studio I
Motion
Unmoved Mover
Rx Bag
Organic Color
Peer Biography

Spring 2018
Senior Thesis
The Waiting Room
The Proprium Method
Tragedy and Growth
Odalisque Now
Favors As Currency

Fall 2017
Grad Studio II
Humor
XB16
Index 17
Meanings
Layered Narratives


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Student Name: Vaishnavi Kumar
Project Title: Layered Narratives + the Handcrafted Experience
Project Description:
In my studio practice, I find that creating pieces that explore deeply personal narratives to tell a story are most fulfilling to me. In terms of form-making, I’m strongly inclined towards incorporating hand-crafted elements (from cut-paper art to model-making). Inspired by the idea of participative art, I wish to create pieces that provide an interactive experience to the audience. My goal is to create a body of work that allows the audience to immerse themselves in and develop their own personal connections. Currently, I’m exploring socio-political themes and/or social advocacy, to see how I can translate them into a set of designed pieces.

Simultaneously, I’m working on a mini-thesis experiment to explore my interest in cut-paper art. I like to cut organic forms out of paper by hand. These forms tend to create large patterns which allow you to see through the paper, creating a dynamic piece. I’m trying to push the actual patterns in a more graphic direction. Further, I’d like to push the interactivity of these pieces in space. Through the addition of imagery, type, layering, light + shadow, how can I make my work more impactful? How can I make them a more engaging and interactive hand-crafted experience whether it’s a print or a motion project?  
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