This is the culmination of my experience in the Graphic Design program at ASU. Throughout my senior year, I’ve really been pushed to think much more about the intention behind my design and what I want to contribute to the world with it. Paul Rand’s quote “design is relationships” is something I adopted into my philosophy this year after using it as the basis for my poster submission in the fall semester. It speaks to the role that design plays in fostering connections between its creator and its viewers, but more broadly to the power that we as designers have to actually do something and help our communities. I want to be able to look back on life and be proud, not just because my designs were good or the money I made, but because I did things that actually benefitted people.

That is what this project has really been about for me. Technology is moving faster than it ever has before, and for most people it’s really difficult to keep up with what’s going on between day to day life. Thus, important things like the expansion of AI-powered security and traffic cameras and privatized data vendors tend to fly under the radar.