A Study of the Graphic Design Capabilities of AI
Avery Dowd
Graphic Design
About this Item
- Title
- A Study of the Graphic Design Capabilities of AI
- Contributor Names
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Dowd, Avery (Creator, Designer)
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Vella, Vincenzo (Thesis advisor)
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Whitehead, Joshua (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2026
- Summary/Artist Statement
- Can generative systems replicate historically embedded authorship? What gets lost? What changes? What survives? This book investigates the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence through three case studies: SBB, NASA, and MUJI. The historical context of each brand is explained and analyzed, forming a design brief. AI is prompted with the same scenario and its output is compared with the real human design.
- Genre: Book; Video
- Artist Statement:
- Graphic designer based in New York City. Interests include branding, typography, and editorial design with professional experience in hospitality design and cultural institutional design work. A background in French and the History of Art informs a cross-cultural and contextual approach to visual communication. Eager to contribute fresh ideas and create impactful work across both digital and print media.
- Medium
- Adobe InDesign, Book Binding, Cinematography
- Course/Degree Information
- Program/Degree: Graphic Design BFA
- Course: GD 492 Senior Thesis Project
- Semester: Spring 2026, Semester 8
- Professor: Vincenzo Vella; Joshua Whitehead
- In Exhibition
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2026 Graduating Student Exhibition - Graphic Design BFA
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: gd_000227
Citation
Dowd, A. (2026). A Study of the Graphic Design Capabilities of AI. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/673813
Dowd, Avery. A Study of the Graphic Design Capabilities of AI. 2026. FIT Institutional Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/673813
Dowd, Avery. "A Study of the Graphic Design Capabilities of AI." FIT Institutional Repository, 2026. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/673813