Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2023

Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2023

About Home
Zoe Ueda

Where is home for you?

Home can have different meanings depending on the context and the individual's perspective. Home is a personal and subjective concept that varies from person to person and can be shaped by individual experiences, culture, and history. My father created a photography book, At Home, which depicts our everyday lives as a family over the span of 10 years. As I grew older, this book became something very important to me. The photographs capture emotions, mundane life, family bond, and intimate moments at home in a way that whenever I go back to read it, I get flooded with emotions and memories. This feeling inspired me to base my thesis around the idea of Home, Memories, and Nostalgia.

We have a powerful connection to the places that shaped us. I wanted to convey this feeling of home through photography and design. The two physical places I consider home are Japan and New York. Although I feel most at home in both places, the two are entirely different environments. My house in Japan feels nostalgic and peaceful, while New York feels new and exciting. My thesis consists of two artist books, one for each location, that show the contrast and similarities between the two places. Through my photography, I want to evoke different types of feelings and emotions that I feel when I am in the places I call home.

Fatima AlJaber

Ghada Alkhaznadar

Jenni Ang

Natalia Arteaga

Jewel Baek

Danielle Berger

Morgan Boals

Celeste Bohan

Marie-Pia Bonnot

Reece Brind'Amour

Mina Caglar

Yuqin Cai

Ashley Yeo Hye Chae

Joyce Chan

Beryl Chen

Jiahui (Georgia) Chen

Ari Cho

Ella Christensen

Abel Chua

Zoe Cui

Whitley Darby

Tasha Dezelsky

Nitya Dhingra

Liam Doyle

Tyler Dunn

Kashish Dusad

Jonga Fan

Siyao Fang

Elaine Fei

Boyang Feng

Ashley Fletcher

Alisa Gannota

Maggie Gibson

Mia Gilling

Arlo Goldman

Pablo González

Dhriti Goyal

Blythe Graziano

Abbey Gregory

Jonna Grigelevich

Min Guan

Mira Guo

Juri Han

Oluschi Harmon

Lara Hemels

Julia Herceg

Yuk Hei Ho

Min Heong Hong

Hugo Hsi

Jiayi (Jialin) Huang

June Huang

Stella Huang

Yerin Hur

Hannah Hwang

Michelle Jeong

Jiayi Jin

Christine Joo

Marion Jun

Jong Hee Jung

Yuka Kamata

Juyeon Kang

Irem Kaplan

Ani Kapreilian

Natalie Kendrick

Eddie Kim

Michelle Kim

Se Won Kim

Sejung Kim

Sharon Kim

Shinyoung Kim

Yousun Kim

Marika Kleinfeldt

Alexander Lavertue

Emily Lee

Gia Lee

Gina Lee

June Lee

Rachel Lee

Sia Lee

Ayline Le Sourd

Chang Li

Chenxu Li

Yiwei Li

Michael Lim

Feng-yi (Cassie) Lin

Joyce Lin

Emily Liu

Lan Liu

Ruoxuan (Hedy) Liu

Selina Liu

Lissette Lomeli

Citra Luna Martha

Elan Ma

Sydney Maggin

Nadia Makmur

Sophia Marret

Hunter Marrs

Dhruvi Mehta

Lily Meng

Annie Mildrew

Katherine Musgrave

Michelle Napolitano

Madhvik Nemani

Su Jin Oh

Lexi O’Neill

Si Ran Pang

Christopher Panicker

Jaskirat Panjrath

Rachel Park

YeoJin Park

Annabelle Press

Anaïs Pyrczak

Xinyu Qiao

Diva Rathore

Jillian Rees

Hanna Reichler

Agathe Renou

Lourdes Salazar Castillo

Aoi Sejima

Zoyah Shah

Waver Shan

Nahui Shon

Yixing Shou

Xier Song

Malavika Srinivasan

Zoë Stapel

Shaina Suri

Isabelle Tan

WenHsin Tzeng

Zoe Ueda

Maya Valencia

Noa Villarin

Deanna Wang

Hsiang Tzu (Sandy) Wang

Michelle Wang

Tingyue Wang

Wenyi Wang

Zi Wang

Leon Wong

Qiqi Wu

Saskia Wulandiarti

Grace Xin

Rui Xiong

Katherine Xu

Moxin Xu

Hyein Yang

Val Yang

Emily Yoon

Rongzhen Yuan

Kaitlyn Zhang

Kexuan Zhang

Peki Zhang

Yuzhou Zhang

Xuru Zhao

Kore Zhong

Aria Zhou