Senior Project Design Exhibit Spring 2025 - First Reception

Memorial Gallery | Hale Hall   
May 6 - June 13, 2025  
First Reception: May 6 from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The Farmingdale State College Memorial Gallery and Visual Communications Department are excited to announce the Spring 2025 Senior Project Design Expo gallery exhibition and reception.  

Join us in celebrating the work of our Visual Communications, Graphic Design, and Interaction Design seniors. The Spring 2025 Senior Project Design Expo exhibition will include an expo-style exhibit within the Memorial Gallery! The exhibition will feature a series of installations representing each graduating designer's capstone project concept. This exhibition will be on view in the Memorial Gallery in Hale Hall at Farmingdale State College, 2350 Broadhollow Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735, from May 6 - June 14, 2025. The gallery is open to the public M- F. A reception for students, faculty, staff, and the public will be hosted on Tuesday, May 6 from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM for Professor Mastermasker's class and Thursday, May 8 from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM for Professor Wild's class. 
 
Please join the Visual Communications Department in celebrating our graduating students from the Graphic Design and Interaction Design Programs. These projects relate to each student in a personal way. Some of them include the development of an entire brand campaign for a new meal prep store, an educational card game, and a PSA ad campaign. These projects demonstrate the diverse talents of our graduates, and we look forward to sharing all their hard work, creativity, and dedication as they exhibit their Senior Project work.
– Prof. Michael Mastermaker and Prof. Kim Wild, Senior Project  

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Graduating seniors include:

Kimberly Arana | SCOOP!
SCOOP! is a mobile app that aims to provide information on popular local events and provide transportation to certain events at college campuses.

John Begg | Alter Ego Fabrications
Alter Ego is a company that helps people create and share cosplay creations.

Bisma Chohan | Luxe Hair Journey
Luxe Hair Journey is a hair store that helps customers make informed and confident hair care choices by providing personalized recommendations and education tailored to their unique hair needs.

Justin Boddie | Quik Cook
Quik Cook is an application that provides users with various fast-paced recipes to give ideas on what to make for themselves.

Camora Coker | HANDLE’N
HANDLE’N is a website that will provide a space where video gamers can check to see if any games they are interested in playing will jumpscare them by a trigger they didn’t know of beforehand.

Gia Cullen | Starlights
Starlights is a doll brand designed for enthusiasts, collectors, and parents alike, tackling the issue of limited diversity creativity and uniqueness in today’s market.

Marine D’Atri | Pop Top
Pop Top delivers art made by artists in reusable paint cans, where sustainable packaging meets pop art.

Sunayah Deese | rhythm refresh
rhythm refresh is a smart playlist tool that syncs with Apple Music to help users organize, declutter, and personalize their playlists effortlessly.

Davine Edwards | Frost-Vine Infusion
Frost-Vine Infusion offers a twist on traditional flavors by blending unique ingredients like herbs, spices, or even alcohol, and THC creating an adventurous treat for your taste buds.

Edward Elvir | Cultural Canvas
Cultural Canvas is a platform that celebrates and uplifts Latin artists by sharing their stories, creativity, and cultural pride through visuals and storytelling.

Sarah Enahoro | Cross Court
​​Cross Court is an app that helps tennis players to make connections, find courts and matches to play, providing the ultimate tennis experience.

Jessica Gomez | Kitchen Tales
Kitchen Tales is an app to help parents capture, store and most of all support their child through food-making adventures.

Gim Gousse | ERA Clash
Era Clash is an educational card game that uses historical groups as a deck of cards to face each in a fun and intellectual way.

Luis Granados | Decibull
Decibull is a mobile app that gamifies teaching children to be quiet in the movie theater to promote a better theater experience for everyone.

Sarah Hazan | Setera
Setera is a DJ software that helps DJs organize their music library, create and customize playlists, get smart track recommendations, and mix seamlessly.

Sharif Hill-Dunning | Divine Paths
Divine Paths is A Western African Gods educational board game to be used by families and young adults to solve the problem of lost heritage, connection and confidence.

Marie Leone | Finally Fits
Finally Fits is a service that helps online shoppers find clothing that fits them by providing the measurements of an item they already like the fit of. 

Maria Camila Lopez | EverKind
EverKind is an interactive board game that invites players to share personal stories, relive cherished memories, and explore meaningful connections through photos and engaging challenges, turning every moment into a shared journey.

Kevin Malla | Savor Shakers
Savor Shakers is a card deck of cocktail recipe cards to be used by mixed drinks enthusiasts to solve the problem of uncertainty and complexity in crafting spirit based beverages.

Makoa Martin | Pomopal
Pomopal is a shortcut remote with a screen that has a fun character that helps the user stay productive while encouraging healthy habits.

Michael Melo | Bloodhound Books
Bloodhound Books is a publishing company for a Long Island rock music photobook with tied videos to be used by fans and bands to solve the problem of a lack of exposure and underrepresentation.

Brayden Nickdow | Kitspo
Kitspo is a single-player art challenge card game made to help artists get through creative blocks.

Isaac Pena | Pause
Pause is a PSA ad campaign featuring posters and videos to encourage and help people have meaningful use of their free time.

Vito Postiglione | Long Island Food Truck Festival
Long Island Food Truck Festival is an event that will help tackle the lack of attention on food truck culture by promoting local businesses/entrepreneurs and getting the community involved in boosting the local economy. 

Maria Angel Michel Prado | FixBox
FixBox is a campus-based service that teaches college students essential car maintenance through hands-on experience and digital resources.

Chantel Ramos | ENJOY!
ENJOY! Is meal prep store specializing in preparing and selling ready-to-eat meals for customers. 

Matthew Rodriguez | COLAB
COLAB is a peer to peer service, connecting content creators/streamers to young and new creatives looking to connect and gain experience.

Jonal Ryan | Velvet Voyage
Velvet Voyage elevates your travel experience with luxuriously crafted packaging for your personal care essentials, so you never have to compromise on beauty or convenience while traveling or on-the-go.

Sydnee Sexton | Balanced Beans
Balanced Beans is a low-acid, probiotic coffee offering a smooth and gut healthy experience for coffee drinkers.

Alicja Tomala | Happy Home Press
Happy Home Press is a publishing company that specializes in creating children’s books that seek to foster inclusive and welcoming communities.

Christopher Zampini | VERO
VERO is a simple, equitable form filler tool.

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The exhibition is planned in coordination with the release of the Spring 2025 Senior Project Design Expo website which is dedicated to the virtual presentation of portfolios and projects developed by graduating students from the Visual Communications; Graphic Design and Interaction Design at Farmingdale State College. Visit the link below to view commercially viable and culturally significant projects that have been realized through graphic, web, product, motion design and interaction design.   
    
View the project website here: https://design.farmingdale.edu
   
Senior Project Professor:  Kim Wild, Assistant Professor  
Senior Project Professor:   Michael Mastermaker, Assistant Professor  
           
   
ABOUT THE MEMORIAL GALLERY   
The Memorial Gallery's mission is to serve as a vital teaching instrument and visual resource that enriches campus cultural life as well as that of the surrounding community. This is to be accomplished through the exhibition of imagery related to the communication arts, which represent a wide range of media, cultures, and time periods.  
   
The Memorial Gallery is located in Hale Hall on the campus of Farmingdale State College – State University of New York – 2350 Broadhollow Road (Route. 110).  
 
Gallery hours: Monday through Friday from 9:00AM–4:00PM. Admission is free and the gallery is accessible to persons with mobility impairments. Please call in advance of your trip.  
   
For additional information, please call 631-420-2181.

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