Poster and Award Certificate for Self-Promotion by Thesis

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CLIENT

The­sis col­lab­o­rates with clients who cre­ate the places—or design prod­ucts used in the places—where peo­ple spend their lives. They help prod­uct design­ers, man­u­fac­tur­ers, archi­tects, and inte­ri­or design­ers solve prob­lems through the thought­ful art­ful inte­gra­tion of graph­ic design fueled by care­ful con­sid­er­a­tion and curiosity.

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APPROACH

We devel­oped the grant based on the expe­ri­ence of each stu­dio mem­ber in cre­at­ing our own the­sis work in grad­u­ate school, as well as those of our interns that are usu­al­ly fin­ish­ing up their own under­grad­u­ate the­sis. It can be an expen­sive propo­si­tion; usu­al­ly entire­ly self-fund­ed, and it’s a small way for us to help out. We like to think of the grant pro­gram as a cat­a­lyst for mak­ing finances less of a bar­ri­er to brilliance.

Applying each recipient’s name is a timely and expensive endeavor (especially since there are 2 winners each year). We printed enough certificates to last many years but we could have considered another method for calling-out the names.