SOPHIE BECKER
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Hey, I’m Sophie – a designer, researcher, strategist, and artist. I have a BFA in Industrial Design from RIT and am currently working on my Post-Bacc in Technical Apparel Design at the Wilson School of Design at KPU.
I have done a little bit of everything in my time as a designer, from fabrication and prototyping, user research, community engagement, and even teaching art and design! I’m particularly interested in both hands-on creation and system-level problems, and always looking for opportunities to merge those two.
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VIGNELLI MEDAL
DOC 234—34/2
Rochester Institute of Technology, Vignelli Center for Design Studies
// Spring 2020
Collaborated with Josh Owen, Melissa Dawson, Bruce Ian Meader, Geoffrey Pyle and Matthew Pyle of Arttech Casting Co. and Bridget Sheehan
CHALLENGE: Craft an award to honor the legacy of Massimo and Leila Vignelli, the contributions of Distinguished Professor of Design at RIT, Roger Remington, and establish an item for future honors.
PROCESS: Personally tasked with explored design ideas through sketches and prototyping with a variety of material and processes. After a collaborative effort to finalize a design, managed identifying a manufacturer and oversaw the final product crafted.
OUTCOME: A timeless item that honors the ethos of Vignelli design through reading “Design is One” in Helvetica type and a “Vignelli red” ribbon.