For Reference Only is the 2025 RISD MFA Graphic Design biennial exhibition. I worked on the web team to develop the exhibition website, which included two other graduate students.
Visit the website at mfabiennial2025.risd.edu
Exhibition documentation to come.
I worked on a team of three designers, including me, Tina Zhou, and Annabel Gillespie. We collaborated together to develop the visual look which mirrored the typographic identity created by the Identity Team. They conceptualized the navigation while I executed it with Javascript (navigation was automatically populated!). I developed the JSON to populate the content, image modals, and mobile views. I also created a cool function to download your own poster.
Installation photos by Luisa Heindl.
When users click on titles, authors, or mediums, different variations of the image modal appears. For instance, if the user clicks on a title, a single image for that work appears. If a user clicks on an author, an image for all of the works that the author submitted for the exhibition appears. If a medium is clicked, a grid for all of the works in that category appears.
Below is the modal that appears when a user clicks on an author's name, who has two works in the exhibition.
I also made the website more mobile-friendly while Tina Zhou made the website responsive for desktop. The biggest issue with the mobile version of the website was the circular "cursor" on the landing page because hover isn't enabled on mobile, but I was able to maintain the same aesthetic by animating the circle.
Below are additional images of the exhibition. Photos were taken by Luisa Heindl and Andrea Mato. More images will be added soon.
