2019 Participants – Eureka! at RIT

Team Archimedes

Team Bravo

The Fabulous Three

Team 4

Team 5

Team Ace

More about the participants

Kate Harrison

Major: Film & Animation, 1st year
From: Savannah, GA
Favorite food: Asian Fusion
What fruit best represents me: Pomegranate – detail oriented and very aesthetically pleasing to look at
Favorite article of clothing: Jeans – comfy cozy and chic at the same time
What inspires me to be creative: Nature and music inspires me a lot, but life and movement in general
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Collaboration and meeting new people!

Sabrina Lin

Major: Visual Communication Design, 2nd year
From: Taiwan
Favorite food: Fries! ???
What fruit best represents me: Durian, hard and spiky on the outside but soft on the inside.
Favorite article of clothing: I love my jackets and coats! I am a jacket/coat collector. Each one has their own story! Especially, my coats! My mom decided to buy just one coat for me so that I can wear it during Rochester’s winter. But I couldn’t decide which one to get out of two pretty good coats. Although I tried them both on repeatedly, I still couldn’t decide. Finally, mom decided to buy both for me because she felt those two look really good on me.
What inspires me to be creative: I want to be not only creative but useful! That is my goal when I design something new. I am a practical person that only spend time and money on which I feel 100% worth. So, what inspires me to be creative is my daily life! For me, design is solving problem from your past life experience!
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Everything! This is my very first time join a workshop ever. So, I am looking forward to learn everything in EUREKA.

Kiki Johnson

Major: Animation, graduating 2022
From: Albany, NY
Favorite food: Jamaican Curry Shrimp
What fruit best represents me: Banana! Because it’s bright and has a cheerful color. Also, bananas can be short.
Favorite article of clothing: One pair of jeans. Usually, I have this passionate disgust for jeans because they never fit correctly, but this last summer, I found the best pair. They are not too tight, and not too loose.
What inspires me to be creative: Classmates and my favorite artists.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Experience with collaboration in design!

Pallavi Singh

Major: Visual Communication Design, graduating 2019
From: India
Favorite food: Idli
What fruit best represents me: Blueberries
Favorite article of clothing: Scarves – I love to have a huge collection of scarves with different designs and prints because they give my look a personality.
What inspires me to be creative: The opportunity to do something new each day
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: lots of inspiration and energy

Janine Bushey

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: Connecticut
Favorite food: Vegan mashed potatoes/fries
What fruit best represents me: Jackfruit, cuz I’m super cool and ambiguously ethnic
Favorite article of clothing: My renaissance dress I bought when I was 15 and still fits thank god!
What inspires me to be creative: Seeing others succeed and connect to others
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: How to use design to improve the lives of others

Sarah Saboori

Major: New Media Design, 2nd year
From: Reading, PA
Favorite food: Sushi!
What fruit best represents me: Watermelon– my season is summer!
Favorite article of clothing: During this time of year, my denim jacket is my go-to article of clothing. It makes any outfit look more put together and keeps me warm without feeling too hot.
What inspires me to be creative: I am inspired by things I watch and find in movies, tv shows, Target runs, or from my travels.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: I hope to gain more experience in designing a product based on a real need with a team of other designers.

Maggie Blaisdell

Major: Graphic Design, 2nd year
From: South Fork, PA
Favorite food: Fried fish
What fruit best represents me: An apple: They are reliable and diverse. They do what they do well, and have enough variety to satisfy a number of palates.
Favorite article of clothing: My favorite article of clothing is my gray Columbia fleece jacket. It’s simple and goes with almost anything. I’ve had it for years, and although I wear it quite a bit, it looks like I bought it yesterday. It’s comfortable and just the right weight to keep me warm by itself in spring and fall and to be a comfy layer in the winter.
What inspires me to be creative: Seeing what others can do inspires me to be creative. I never want to copy someone or blatantly take inspiration from their work, however, seeing what is possible makes me excited about what I can do.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: I hope to gain experience related to working with other disciplines. As a graphic designer, I will not be working solely with other designers in my job. Having the opportunity to work with others will not only help me in my career, but as a person living in a collaborative world.

Wystan Wang

Major: New Media Design, 3rd year
From: Rochester, NY
Favorite food: Seafood
What inspires me to be creative: There’s no limit for creativity
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Use my design skill to help people

JiSeon Lee

Major: Graphic Design, 4th year
From: Washington
Favorite food: Ramen
What fruit best represents me: Banana represents me best. I love the simple things.
Favorite article of clothing: My favorite article of clothing is hoodies. I love how it keep me warm. I am obsessed with hoodies. They have many colors and fun designs. I love being fashion with hoodies.
What inspires me to be creative: Solving people’s problems inspires me to be creative.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Good memories

Beatriz Nicolas

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: Washington State
Favorite food: Fried eggrolls
What fruit best represents me: Orange because i am tend to be quiet but a reliable and trust friend
Favorite article of clothing: long sleeve t shirts because it looks nice and comfortable
What inspires me to be creative: Nature
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Communicate well with others

Lauren Tompkins

Major: Graphic Design, 2nd year
From: Where ever I sleep.
Favorite food: One of my favorite foods is Mac & Cheese. Why, because It’s amazing?
What fruit best represents me: I think a pomegranate represents me because It’s such a fun fruit. Pomegranates have many pockets and layers of seeds on the inside. Also, when the seeds are eaten there’s a refreshing burst of flavor that hits your tastebuds. I think the same qualities of a pomegranate connect to my personality because of how multilayered I can be. I would say I’m very fun and spontaneous and in conversation, I try to be as refreshing as possible.
Favorite article of clothing: All my life I have shopped at thrift stores. It had become a hobby of mine to try to find unique articles of clothing when I have extra money to spare. Over the summer I took a mini-vacation to Montgomery Alabama. While my stay there I found a 20 dollar oversized Sylvester Stallone Bomber Jacket. When I first laid eyes on it, I fell in love with how urban the jacket was and now its a treasured article of clothing in my wardrobe.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: The experience of working with a client and producing content to present to them. As a designer, I think it’s important to be able to market yourself as well as create amazing works of art. Also, I think EUREKA will give me another perspective and insight on different subcultures that I have yet to explore in my life.

Audrey Clements

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: My family’s home
Favorite food: Pasta
What fruit best represents me: Clementines, because I love the taste! and also because it suits my last name
Favorite article of clothing: Sweaters! I love to be comfortable!
What inspires me to be creative: To show people that you can express yourself in any way possible
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: A little bit of a resume update, and just see how I can contribute to the community

Da Chen

Major: Graphic Design, 4th year
From: My closet person should be in home
Favorite food: Noodle
What fruit best represents me: Coconut. The outside of coconut is entirely different from inside of that. I have my thought or things underneath my cold and calm appearance.
Favorite article of clothing: White tee > simple
What inspires me to be creative: The process. I always quickly finish a project with plain design and turn back to revise and revise until my project is best.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Any inspiration. I hope I can widen my ideas of library.

Effie Clark

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: Cody, Wyoming
Favorite food: Cantaloupe
What fruit best represents me: I would say any citrus fruit because i have many sections that I focus on in my life.
Favorite article of clothing: I own a lot ascots and they are my favorite because the provide personality and hold a history of their own. From providing it out of chivalry or using it to hide your identity.
What inspires me to be creative: Knowing that not everything has been done, and it never will be.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: How to work with people better and build working relationships

Samantha Savage

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: Saratoga Springs, NY
Favorite food: French Fries
What fruit best represents me: Kiwi because I can sometimes be tart, but I’m usually very sweet.
Favorite article of clothing: Any of my band shirts because it represents my style and where my influences creatively come from. Also because my music taste is one of my biggest connections with my parents.
What inspires me to be creative: How I want to influence and change the world for better.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Working with other people on a team to come up with unique ideas and making more connections and friends to network and collaborate with.

Olivia Sanders

Major: Graphic Design, 4th year
From: Northern Virginia
Favorite food: Lasagna
What fruit best represents me: Peach, because they are sweet.
Favorite article of clothing: Crew neck sweatshirts
What inspires me to be creative: My surroundings
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Real world design experience that isn’t two-dimensional

Chanel Cheng

Major: Electrical Engineering, 1st year
From: Syosset, NY
Favorite food: Steak
What fruit best represents me: Pineapple because when you eat a pineapple it eats you
What inspires me to be creative: Experimenting with music
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Learning more about problem solving

Brianna Young

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: Oxford, Connecticut
Favorite food: Garbage Plates
What fruit best represents me: Lemons…when life gives you lemons
Favorite article of clothing: My over sized jean jacket, it keeps me warm and pairs well with every outfit
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: I hope to enhance my problem solving skills and get better at working in a group

Anthony Ho

Major: New Media Design, 2nd year
From: Queens, NY
Favorite food: Oxygen
What fruit best represents me: Cashews because I’m allergic to most fruits.
Favorite article of clothing: Hoodie. Got it on a hiking trip.
What inspires me to be creative: Deadlines
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Improving my design skills

Isabella Madeira

Major: Graphic Design, 2nd year
From: Rome, NY
Favorite food: Potatoes?
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Stronger ties to the RIT design community and a collaborative experience

Raphe Abel

Major: Industrial Design, 2nd year
From: Chili, NY
Favorite food: Lasagna
What fruit best represents me: Mango! They are sweet and enjoyable
Favorite article of clothing: My grey overcoat. This is my favorite because it’s not only fashionable, it’s also very practical! And how can you go wrong for $28?!
What inspires me to be creative: Making others feel something through my work. If there was nothing in it for anyone else besides myself, then I wouldn’t be in the creative field.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: I would love to have my first collaborative design experience outside of classes!

Jen Schroll

Major: Industrial Design, 3rd year
From: Minnesota
Favorite food: Mexican food
What fruit best represents me: Pineapple! – Because they stand tall and are sweet on the inside!
Favorite article of clothing: My baseball hat, because it’s a must have for any adventure, rain or shine!
What inspires me to be creative: Seeing a need, or a problem that just needs a creative solution!
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: I hope to take away memories filled with lots of new friends and experiences.

Bayleigh Thurston

Major: Graphic Design, 3rd year
From: Rochester, NY
Favorite food: That’s a tough one! I guess I’d have to say pasta.
What fruit best represents me: Hmmm, I’d have to say grapes. They’re a versatile fruit, they can be sweet or tart, and they go great in any fruit salad.
Favorite article of clothing: I have this one sweater that I love to wear. It’s soft, plush, and really toasty. It’s my favourite because it’s perfect for going from cold to cozy.
What inspires me to be creative: My family, friends, and nature.
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: I hope to learn new ways to help support my community.

Lydia Krogh

Major: Industrial Design & Illustration, 5th year
From: Ithaca, NY
Favorite food: Pho
What fruit best represents me: Wild raspberry, I grew up in a wooded area and am sweet, but tart as well
Favorite article of clothing: Embroidered leather jacket, it’s unique, fun, and it gives me protagonist vibes
What inspires me to be creative: Making connections
What I hope to take away from the EUREKA! experience: Working on my design and people skills