Exhibition is now over
LINDSAY JU,
WANYI QIN,
RUIHUA YANG,
SAELIN YANG,
LINDSAY JU,
WANYI QIN,
RUIHUA YANG,
SAELIN YANG,
Design is a form of sorting. The designer takes disparate elements and strings them together; remixed and recombined. Charged with the unending task of forging new connections, we have tediously aligned type to page, gathered content for books, and compiled assets for websites. While discursive, sorting becomes a way to retain control. It implies a tangible end to the process. So often, each design decision leads to some envisioned 'end.' Sort Later is about letting go of ideas of finality and instead celebrating the work in progress, the liminal, and the unanswered.
Our time in the RISD GD community has been akin to sorting seeds and tending to a garden. The process can lead to joyful successes and frustrating challenges. This exhibition recognizes incidental flourishes, unexpected beauty, and progress in full bloom. When we remove the expectation of finality, we are rewarded with the process of growth. As a community, we have formed an entangled root system to support one another. This garden is our foundation to perpetuate through countless trials, experimentations, and adjustments.
The senior class wishes to present our work with the acknowledgement that this is a celebration of process and new beginnings as much as it is the end results of our time at RISD. We're excited to present our procedural abundance and communal fortitude, and we don't blame the viewer if they're overwhelmed. If that's the case, we suggest you Sort Later.
Identity team
Matthew Cuschieri
Sharlene Deng
Web team
Max Beidler
Jinyu Feng
Valia Liu
Wayne Luan
Printed Matter team
Matthew Cuschieri
Mizuki Hanada
Anita Huang
Emma Noel
Henry Spuria
Iris Xie
Project Management
Sharlene Deng
Monet Fukawa
Mizuki Hanada
Mio Kosaka
Anmol Govinda Rao
Ashley Yae
Exhibition team
Sharlene Deng
Mio Kosaka
Monet Fukawa
Truman Lesak
Sofia Santana
Yasemin Sarihan
Curatorial Statement
Truman Lesak
Emma Noel
Henry Spuria
Iris Xie
Special Thanks
Paul Soulellis
Susan Mazzucco
Mark Moscone
Kevin Hughes
Gunnar Norquist
Ed Brown
Julia Gualtieri
Lucy Hitchcock
Production team
Max Beidler
Iris Cho
matthew Cuschieri
Sharlene Deng
Jingyu Feng
Monet Fukawa
Mizuki Hanada
Anita Huang
Mio Kosaka
Nathanial Krohn
Truman Lesak
Amy Lim
Valia Liu
Wayne Luan
Nishtha Nanda
Emma Noel
Maxton O'Connor
Jessica Perkins
Anmol Govinda Rao
Sofia Santana
Yasemin Sarihan
Henry Spuria
Iris Xie
Ashley Yae
Karen Zhou
Alex Zhu