About this Item

Title
Captured Potential
Contributor Names
Graser, Alex (Creator, Designer)
Graff, Sondra (Thesis advisor)
Date
2025
Summary/Artist Statement
Alex is a multi-disciplinary creative with a passion for experimentation and weird ideas. In his design work he values craftsmanship, loves combining the digital and physical worlds, and enjoys experimenting with non-traditional materiality.
Non-traditional materials such as found objects, textiles, and organic matter are undervalued in graphic design due to the ideologies and restrictions that our capitalist society projects onto the design industry. This story is told through a slanted game of chess where our Queen has been captured before the game begins. Although starting at a disadvantage, this game inspires hope that through perseverance, strategy, and shift of mindset, a future where non-traditional materials are appreciated isn't all that farfetched.
Graphic Design Type: Graphic Design, Sculpture, Print, Book-Binding
Type
Still Image
Moving Image
Graphic design
Sculpture (visual works)
Prints (visual works)
Mixed media works
Medium
print, mixed media sculpture, concrete / wax casting
Medium (Terms)
Printing (process)
Mixed media
Concrete
Lost-wax process
Bookbinding (process)
Course/Degree Information
Program/Degree: Graphic Design BFA
Course: GD 492 Senior Thesis Project
Semester: Spring 2025, Semester 8
Professor: Sondra Graff
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Instagram
Website
Rights
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Identifier
FIT Repository ID: gd_000207

Citation

Graser, A. (2025). Captured Potential. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/634945
Graser, Alex. Captured Potential. 2025. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/634945
Graser, Alex. "Captured Potential." FIT Digital Repository, 2025. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/634945