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A set of six covers made from faded gradient colors like: yellow and pink, cyan and magenta, magenta and orange. Each cover has some text on it, a smiley face or sun rays.

Meet the First Year Students: Bici Zhao

Meet the First Year Students: Bici Zhao

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By Nigel Sielegar

Each year at the start of the first semester we ask our new students to say a few words about one or more favorite projects.
Designer: Bici Zhao, Beijing, China
This project called “Oblivious”, which means the stage of being unaware of what is happening around you, This is an experimental design to convey an phenomenon -“ seeing is not necessarily believing”.
I noticed the feature of by combining two specific colors, they will end up with a mix of color black, which gives me the inspiration of how this project is going to present.
I created six cards and hide some information through the above method, then put them into blood bags, reflecting the perspective that I want to present: sometimes truth can be harsh to face with, and it is better to flush it into the vain and burry in the body.”

A set of six cover designs made from gradient colors, that have shapes or text on them. Each cover is put in a transparent plastic bag.



A set o covers made from faded gradient colors that are overlapped with a red filter.

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New York, NY 10010

310 East 22nd St - 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

310 East 22nd St - 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

(212) 592-2600

mfadesign@sva.edu

(212) 592-2600

mfadesign@sva.edu

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mfadesign@sva.edu