Archives: Projects
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Setlist: UX App Design
Inspired by my personal interest in live music and NYC punk-rock subculture, I decided to investigate how to improve the experiences of music lovers and amateur concert connoisseurs. User Research In order to have a better understanding of what attendees like and dislike about their concert-going experience, I arranged and conducted interviews with several people,…
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Family Values
Family Values critiques the idealization of childhood through the “glitching” and modification of Sophia’s family portraits. In her early life, Sophia and her three siblings would get an annual portrait that was later hung in the home. After photographing the original portraits in their frames, Sophia changed their pixel order to be set per channel…
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Sharks in Suits Algorave
Sophia is a member of the live coding group Sharks in Suits, which performed in a live-streamed algorave on December 10th, 2020. Live coding is the act of programming algorithms in real-time to manipulate an ongoing process, like music and visuals. An algorave is a performance of live coding, often including a collection of performers…
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A Modern Portrait of the NYC Lesbian Community
Drawing inspiration from Catherine Opie and Donna Gottschalk, this portfolio explores the lesbian experience through snapshots of 4 women’s lives. Each woman, ranging in age from 20 to 74, chose their shooting location and clothing, in order to most closely capture their personality. Maia, 20 Maia chose to be photographed on a patio in a…
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“The”
“The” is a 90-second silent film that tells a story familiar to most students: a story of frustration, stress, and procrastination. A young adult tries in vain to begin an essay, starting with and ending with ‘the’ as the only word she has written. The film was shot using a Canon EOS Rebel t6i and…
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COVID Compositions
In summer 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sophia continued to experiment with data-bending as a narrative tool. For this project, Sophia solicited selfies and personal statements from people in various locations around the United States and the world. In their statement, participants were prompted to discuss their experience coping with quarantine, the…
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Tzatziki Logo Design
Sophia developed the logo for a conceptual Mediterranean restaurant named Tzatziki, stylized as tzki. The restaurant’s logo was made to reflect its rustic, yet sophisticated ambiance and menu. Iterations of the design and the process of its finalization are featured below. Concept Design Two logo styles were decided upon. The first is a vertical text-based…
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STEMnow Social Media Campaign
On July 17th, 2019, NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosted the annual STEMnow Day of Learning, a behind-the-scenes tour of the various K12 STEM activities taking place during the summer on campus. All of the content would be available via social media, with updates posted on NYU Tandon’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. As a Social…
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