Biyao Wang B.F.A. graphic design, Zhejiang, China Memphis Stamps This project’s goal was to create stamps, an envelope, a cancellation seal and an information card in a series based on the design movement that I chose: the Memphis movement. Three designers are highlighted, including Ettore Sottsass, Peter Shire and Michael Graves. Following the Memphis movement style, bright colors, a Memphis pattern and geometric shapes are dominantly used in this design.
Sarthak Kathuria M.F.A. graphic design, New Delhi, India USPS Experiential Post Office This was a classroom project in experiential design. I decided to revolutionize the post office experience because everyone, as a rule, hates to make a visit there. Post offices are seen as rather dull, dreary buildings with long queues, filled with a lazy and belligerent staff (as highlighted by ethnography). Considerable brainstorming got us to the visual metaphor of dashed lines to represent tiny mail envelopes, as seen when traveling in time and space. The idea was to potentially make people realize the magnanimity of “magic mail� and hence see the bigger picture, meanwhile also setting a base for a vivid wayfinding system. 37