Lucas Beam
"And the poster actually started out in text before, and I talked to our teacher Sarah and she said ‘what if we make it a person?’”
More informationThemester 2022’s focus on “Identity and Identification” provided inspiration for students in spring 2022’s SOAD-S 452 BFA Graphic Design in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, taught by Sarah Martin, assistant professor of graphic design.
Each year, Themester’s broad theme provides students with opportunity and challenge. Selected works and artists’ statements are featured below. Pick up one or more of the designs at the October First Thursday.
"And the poster actually started out in text before, and I talked to our teacher Sarah and she said ‘what if we make it a person?’”
More information"I wanted it to be very abstract in that way, so that anyone could be able to identify with that."
More information"That’s where the apartment complex came from; even though we are different, there’s many ways in which we are the same and there’s also this conformity aspect where we try to act in a similar way."
More information"I thought about what overarching identities we share as people because I know there are so many subgroups and everything, and the one I connected with was like, we all live on planet Earth, you know?"
More Information"All of the shapes are the same, but the coloring of each shape is slightly different, so it’s talking about how even if you identity with a certain thing, you are also a whole person that has a lot of different facets."
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