Date of Award
5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Anastasiia Raina
Second Advisor
Ryan Waller
Third Advisor
Shona Kitchen
Abstract
Plural Vistas introduces an expansive spatial dimension to the practice of graphic design. Through emotive means and embodied experience, each vista engages the potential for design to negotiate the intertwined relationship between the built environment (structured language and hierarchical systems), and the reciprocal demands of the natural world (interdependency and entanglement). This approach offers new ways for design to operate and extend into the world and our communities.
Not bound to one singular path or point of view,
Plural Vistas invites you to think spatially.
Space and time are active—
engaging the body and considering the complex and subjective relationship between subject and place; reciprocal exchange is encouraged.
Plurality decenters—
fragmenting meaning into multitudes to be experienced from various positions and perspectives, inviting complication as a path to radical change.
The vista considers the long view—
imagining a horizon that is wild and abundant, and a future that cultivates a fertile exchange between the natural world and the built environment.
Recommended Citation
Shary, Brooke, "Plural Vistas" (2025). Masters Theses. 1420.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1420
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