Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2017

TINT is platform that will connect artists, charities, and donors. Currently, select charities solicit well-known artists to donate art pieces for auction. The artist receives publicity, name recognition, marketing, and potential for future sales. The charity receives money from a donor and the donor receives the art. So, everyone wins. However, this opportunity is usually not available for unknown artists, as charities would not know to approach them, nor would they be confident that any donor would bid on the item. The charities do not typically have expertise in discovering quality art.

TINT is a web-based product that allows artists to showcase their pieces available for donation. Buyers will browse the web displayed pieces and get to choose for themselves which piece or pieces they want. They will then select a charity and donate the price of the piece to the charity via TINT. In this model, the donor still gets the art and the charity still gets the money. However, any artist now has the ability to gain recognition with the charity, disseminate their work, and build a stronger portfolio for future sales. No longer would this win-win art donation opportunity only be available to the already famous.

We believe that there are great artists and wonderful art that never get discovered. TINT is a vehicle to bring great art to more people in a way that also increases charitable giving.

Andy Agus

Ameer Akbar

Sherifa El Alfi

Orhan S Awatramani

Evan Badr

Mrinal Bhatia

Yaël Bienenstock

Olivia Brodtman

Adomas Bruzga

Holly Burt

Kiana Caesar

Elizabeth Capreol

Christian Caraballo

Alyson Cardenas

Gabriela Carnabuci

Marjorie Chamberlain

Vanna Chan

Sachi Chandiramani

Leslie Chavez

Katherine Cheng

Emily Cho

Soomin Choi

Hyeree Choi

Talia Cotton

Dorothy Cruz

Katie DeAngelis

Nicole Jane Debler

Dominique DeVito

Megan Dias

Theresa Duemler

Juan Francisco Morales Egas

Michelle Eguia

Audrey Farnsworth

Peter Fowler

Myesha Evon Gardner

Alijah Gilbert

John Hammond

Jin Ju Han

Aimee Hedman

Perla Herrera

Lauren Horsman

Zhiyan Huang

Ji Hea Jang

Urvita Jhaveri

Myles Jones

Cheryl Kao

Phoebe Kennedy

Alice Yeji Kim

Jung Yeon Kim

Thomas Sang Gul Kim

Chewon Kim

Sanggyun Kim

Hansung Kim

Likando Kumoyo

Jang Kyungjun

Josh LaCalamito

Yunjoo Lee

Kyung Sun Lee

SooJi Lee

Meijun Li

Alice Lim

Junya Lin

Yuchen Liu

Kimberly Lombardi

Natalia Malik

Roisin McNulty

Simen L. Meyer

Nikoletta Mitsopoulou

Chloë Murray

Cyrus Nathaniel

David Dahao Ni

Mariana Del Nogal

Sofia Olarra

Kamila Ortiz

Ji Hyun Park

Sara Pena

Melissa S. Peralta

Camille Petricola

Sander Phoenix

Urvi Raghbeer

Andrew Ramirez

Brianna Saba

Stephen Salomon

Julianna Amelia Santolucito

Raida Saveree Sarwar

Ritika Shah

Shui Shan

Jisoo Sim

Lauren Stein

Pei Yu Sun

Shivalika Tandon

Nia Thomas

Laura Tien

Karina Tristandy

Paula Volchok

Djiun Wang

Kyra Wang

Taylor Wasikonis

Junlu Xie

Marie Yamamoto

Jasmine Zhang