2024 Senior Exhibition Artists

Emily McMahon

Art + Design: Graphic Design | Photography Minor | Art History Minor

About Emily McMahon

Emily McMahon is a designer and creator based in New England, graduating in the spring of 2024 with a BFA in Graphic Design and Minors in Photography and Art History. Her passion for design sparked her first year of high school after she was exposed to the digital tools used to create art. In her design work, Emily strives for straightforward and minimal solutions. In addition to design, she enjoys spending her time exploring the outdoors. Her love for nature is found in her work through a tactile, hands-on process that explores different media and techniques, to create dynamic graphics. Emily’s love for design has allowed her to be open-minded about learning and experimenting with new things.

Statement

Although I’ve always had a passion for organization, I’ve never been able to stick with a traditional agenda book for an entire school year. I always wrote deadlines on scrap paper and made charts that worked for me. This process led me to the Bullet Journal method, where users take blank notebooks and create planners that work for them. After years of creating my planning system, I became tired of recreating the same designs repeatedly. I wanted to make a unified system that could be used easily.

“Crafted Intention” is an all-in-one planner that includes everything needed to organize one’s life. It is a handbound journal, with a yearly poster calendar, monthly postcards, and weekly sticky notes. This project combines different design aspects and explores layout, type, printmaking, and bookbinding. It is all brought together through the cyanotype photographic process.