Graphic Design is a piece of cake
Spring 2025
︎ Installation
︎ Book Design
Graphic Design is a piece of cake is for anyone interested in design education. This includes educators, fellow design students, and those interested in design who maybe haven't had the chance to dive into it. With this in mind, I created a handbook that uses cake as a multilayered framework that loosely defines graphic design. I aimed to make my explanations digestible for someone unfamiliar with design terminology, the structure flexible enough to mold to each person's unique design process, and the content surprising for current designers to see their practice in a new, delightful light. Graphic Design is a piece of cake invites anyone to take a spot at the kitchen or dining table, but only those who choose to show up. No one should be forced to eat cake.
The Sheet Cake (the handbook) contains definitions, recipes, and exercises for design thinking.
The Circular Cake (the installation) is a pop-up that invites passerby to make and take some cake. Participants are welcome to create their own Graphic Design is a piece of cake handbook, customize it with decorative beads and prompt slips of choice, and contribute their ideas for new exercises in design thinking for the subsequent print run. The Circular Cake allows everyone to be both a teacher and student in evolving graphic design education.
︎ Book Design
Graphic Design is a piece of cake is for anyone interested in design education. This includes educators, fellow design students, and those interested in design who maybe haven't had the chance to dive into it. With this in mind, I created a handbook that uses cake as a multilayered framework that loosely defines graphic design. I aimed to make my explanations digestible for someone unfamiliar with design terminology, the structure flexible enough to mold to each person's unique design process, and the content surprising for current designers to see their practice in a new, delightful light. Graphic Design is a piece of cake invites anyone to take a spot at the kitchen or dining table, but only those who choose to show up. No one should be forced to eat cake.
The Sheet Cake (the handbook) contains definitions, recipes, and exercises for design thinking.
The Circular Cake (the installation) is a pop-up that invites passerby to make and take some cake. Participants are welcome to create their own Graphic Design is a piece of cake handbook, customize it with decorative beads and prompt slips of choice, and contribute their ideas for new exercises in design thinking for the subsequent print run. The Circular Cake allows everyone to be both a teacher and student in evolving graphic design education.
✷ Anyone can cook!