One favorite project I worked on was during the pandemic, in the initial period when everyone had to quarantine. I designed a series of digital stickers that were representative of and visualized the pandemic and quarantine related phenomena that I observed around me. I made over 50 stickers that were really fun for everyone who interacted with it. For example, one sticker said, “not social, social club” , meaning you’re socializing but you’re not actually socializing in person. Another said, “Also how we lost the summer, RIP Summer 2020”, yet another about puzzles and cooking and baking… It was a fun , non-serious take, but also a response to the situation. As a result of this project, the communications department approached me to design the pin for the 2020 BFA exhibition. The design of this pin was a congratulatory message for the BFA graduates who showed such resilience during this time. The pin said, “Cmd Z”, the keyboard shortcut for “go back”, and the design itself was a likeness of a keyboard but represented with stacked houses, and it represented all of us being confined and the desire to go back to the pre-pandemic time. I also want to mention my thesis. It is on the topic of vegetarianism and the circular food economy. It explores how vegetarianism can be an easy solution that individually somebody can take to combat the climate crisis. I’m creating this app that can standardize plant-based dietary profiles. It scans products and if they are part of the circular food economy. I’m also creating illustrative infographics to provide contextual case studies and planet positive diet patterns, basically making the experience easier for those who are a part of the community. The project calls to improve the climate situation, and it is geared towards the environmental crisis and trying to find solutions through design.