NYUAD (and NYU as a whole) has a relatively small design program, but through various projects, classes, and assistantships, its students have produced a wealth of work in design. Last year, the department started compiling this work with its website
nyuad.design, pictured below.
This year, they wanted to take that curatorial and archival work a step further with a physical publication: The NYUAD Design Journal.
As a Design Archive Editorial Assistant, I was tasked with initiating, directing, and designing that journal. With my team of one other designer (Tonia Zhang) and the guidance of Erin Collins, Instructor of the Arts, I compiled essays, curated a decade of class work, interviewed student designers, and ultimately put together a publication that would represent the playful, self-starting, and highly experimental spirit of design at NYUAD.