Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2020

Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2020

NYC Protest Manual
Anastasia Contos Papakonstantinou

The book documents protests that happened in New York City from 2019 to 2020 relating to climate change ethics such as animal cruelty. It is called a "manual" because its purpose is to show how easy it is to protest, and hopefully trigger or inspire people to get involved themselves. It is divided into sections, of two protests, street-art/graffiti and stickers found around downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. The street-art spreads display a photograph, and maps of the cross street that it was found to the left. There is also a section of silkscreen prints of photographs, that are bound into the book. Since each print is unique and has different color leaks, it makes each book a one-off. The ink is unmixed to create this effect where the green ink, representing nature and the environment is being slightly taken over by the black ink, embodying the decay of nature. Additionally, there is a section dedicated to endangered species, focusing only on animals of which there are only less than one hundred left on earth. For each poster, the number of lines represents the number left on the planet, and the meaning behind the design is that they are disappearing, and once they become extinct they can never come back. The endangered species series consists of six animal posters, and the video version for each is available on Vimeo. The book is printed on 100% recycled paper and comes in a reusable tote bag made from recycled ocean plastic, which is screen-printed.

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Emily Baro

Emily Bergerson

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Sonja Briney

Kayla Van der Byl

Dahee Byun

Kimberly Chan

Krish Chandiramani

Militza A. Rodríguez Charr

Julie Yu Chen

Xingman Cheng

Habin Cheong

Kristen Chik

Paloma Corrigan

Misha Dhanoolal

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Cyril Gordon

Yangchen Maya Gruben

Maria Guardazzi

Gideon Gulko

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Aanya Gupta

Arani Halder

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Jinghan Hu

Olivia Hunter

Sejung Hwang

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Madison Jennings

Won Kyung Jung

Inga Kan

Ayse Yaren Kaya

Prithi Khalique

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Celine Kim

Seowon Kim

Suah Kim

Youjong Kim

Rasheka Krishan

Eli Lederberg

Grace Ledoux

Alicia Lee

Hyunseo Suzy Lee

Natashia Lee

Rachel J. Lee

Yoo An Lee

Tiffany Leung

Emily Li

Sinong Li

Qiyao Lin

Jiayi Liu

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Sophia Marinelli

Julia McGillicuddy

Sanika Mehta

Eleni Mentis

Anthony Muchai Muiruri

Daniel Mullins

Meredith Nelson

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Carolyn Olaguivel

Lorna Oppenheim

Kyle Palma

Anastasia Contos Papakonstantinou

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LeeJun Park

Sanha Park

Tommy Park

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Sean Phan

Delaney Poitras

Vincent Privitera

Jhoenny Ramirez

Taylor Sade Raschillo

Zhen (Yoomi) Ren

Elizabeth Richards

Rachel Rudolph

Leoder Sanchez

Maria Sanchez

Simon Sciacovelli

Shreya Shah

Seth Sharbono

Cindy Shi

Mimi Shih

Avni Shivkumar

Arunima Sinha

Shivam Sinha

Jason Decker Sloves

Bailey Storms

Tingyu Su

Yuchen Su

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Kiana Toossi

Shivani Toshniwal

Jeanette Tran

Valerie Trisnadi

Yi-Chieh Tsai

Manasi Vashi

Emil Waldron

Isabella Wang

Jingyi Wang

Yuzheng Wang

Sophie Westfall

Ellie Wolfond

Jiapei Wu

Andy Yang

Xinchen Zhang

Yujing Zhang

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