Emily Seaton Email & Phone Number

As a high school student, I was privileged with the role of designing multiple 20+ page newspapers alongside a few other students. At the time I did not realize the impact joining the student newspaper would have on my life. Design was not the only thing I took out of that small classroom in the dark corner of the school. I learned how to use my voice, not only verbally, but visually. I dealt with issues in censorship during my senior year of high school and the experience taught me to be bold and never give up.Censorship taught me how to make an impact. This experience is what strives me to be better every day. I am always willing to learn more so I can grow as a designer. Learning from other designers’ successes and failures as well as my own will only help me to grow.I want to be a designer that makes impactful work. As a designer, my goal is to loosen up my designs and allow for some chaos. Looking at past designers’ works proves that sometimes the rules, or standards, need to be broken. Designers, such as James Victore, Alex Trochut and Andy Warhol, show that sometimes we need to design for the society we currently live in. I want my designs to be thought-provoking and bold, yet sophisticated in terms of design principles and craft. I am not afraid to design things that others may stray away from because they do not want to face backlash, but for me: Bring It On. Being able to create things that make people stop and ask questions is something I desire to achieve. The one thing I’ve learned so far in life, sometimes its necessary to raise some hell.

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  South Dakota State University

  Film/Cinema/Video Studies