kristen coogan

Students undertake multiple overlapping projects reflecting their visual and critical method that manifests as an original body of work expressing personally relevant subject matter. The MFA thesis manifests as a book, website, and public exhibition.

Students create a publication showcasing 100 influences that shape their identity as visual artists.

- 100-pages
--B/W
--6.5" x 9.25" trim size

Graduate students partnered up to create visual biographies expressed in poster and video formats.

Students researched an iconic poster and then redesigned the poster fifty ways. After iterating, students designed a content specific framework showcasing their complete collection.

Students first researched a color — learning its origin, etymology, provenance, symbolic nature, traditional and contemporary applications — and then generated an analog and digital project based on their findings.

Students researched an under-known or under-represented design discourse within the Western design history narrative and presented their curation in a 100 page editorial publication.

A collection of information design projects showcasing student examples where they visually summarized complex and/or quantitive information.

The Unknown Project is a low-risk, high-ambiguity assignment designed to foster discovery. Students take full ownership of their experience—pursuing something unfamiliar and documenting the process through a self-designed object.

A collection of motion graphics showcasing student work in time-based media.