Thesis Abstract
Thesis Essay

Sarah Sandman
Melissa Small

Bike Write
Black Friday
communiTEE
Gift Cycle
Gift Cycle Animation
Greenpoint Oil Spill
Lewis Hyde Poster
Pacific Gyre
Pass It On!
Respond Design
Seriously(?)(!)
Sustainability Proposal
Sustain Me
Talking Trash
US
We are Sweet Together
Wonderbox
Wyoming Doesn't Disappoint
Your M.O.
US
Mary Banas, Lauren Mackler, Sarah Sandman + Melissa Small
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We started this project by cleaning up a heavily littered area along our running route. Litter was collected and made into large typographic sculptures, spelling the word “US.” US speaks to our collective responsibility to the environment, but isn’t specific as to scale. It could mean US Providence citizens, US Americans, or US humans. The trash sculpture was hung in downtown Providence, to increase viewership and effectively rid the woods of litter. By displaying the effects of littering, it is evident that each ME is part of a WE.