Using the idea of framework as a grounding metaphor, this annual catalog from the Communication Design community at Parsons—the third in the Frameworks series—captures and documents the work of designers as they translate, create, and articulate ideas and forms. Such activities occur in both directions, as students platform and present new visions and faculty return with pressing questions.

Framework 103 highlights work from graduating students in the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) program, the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program, and the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) program along with a select group of contemporary designers currently practicing in the field.

Together, these works offer insight into the evolving disciplines of communication design and the broader questions explored, within and across its various subdomains—book design, branding, digital product design, motion graphics, typeface design, and environmental spatial graphics. 

Documentation of student work is presented along with selected texts of lectures by guest designers Annika Hansteen-Izora, Ben Denzer, Sabrina Nacmias, Reggie James and Luca Repola. Talks include "On Designing for Collectivity," "Making School Work," "Building a Type Foundry," and "Feel Everything."

A typographic showcase and an overview of activities, events, core courses, faculty, staff, and all of the details that shaped the 2023-2024 terms is also included.

Framework maps the contours of a specific American design program while also creating a valuable capsule for thinking about contemporary communication design practice and pedagogy in the 21st century.

Contributors include Louise Akani, Sera Aksoy, Faye Arranz, Kushagr Awasthi, Shravani Bagawde, Han Bao, Iryna Baran, Zein Bdeir, Victoria Beyrard, Anna Blyumenkrants, Maria Boado, Tatiana Boccone, Megan Brill, Andrea Chang, Haoyu Chao, Longcan (Hugo) Chao, Jolene Chen, Sizhen Chen, Vicky Chen, Yu Tung Chen, Yuntong Chen, Loki Chow, Hong Jet Chua, JC Clark, Erin May Cochanco, Ritu Damani, Janet Delavan, Ben Denzer, Krisha Devang Mehta, Kritika Dhariwal, Gayoung Do, Jamie Doh, Fang Dong, Julia Du, Manan Dua, Colin Elmer, Greta Epstein, Millie Faber, Siyao Fang, Noah Farjani, Hina Fernstrom, Leslie Fonseca, Sarahi Garcia, Kirsten Geiger, Rodrigo Gouveia, Amanda Guo, Bhroovi Gupta, Charlotte Hailstone, Jieun Han, Annika Hansteen-Izora, Rebecca Hart, Karen Hartono, Mary Hatcher, Elliana Hau, Ayten Hennawy, Seung Hong, Emily Hsieh, William Hsu, Olivia Hu, Grace Huang, Jung Hwangbo, Krishika Jain, Reggie James, Yoo-Jin Jang, Janice Ji, Wenjie Ji, Hana Joo, Eneya Joshua, Yung Ching (Aurora) Juang, Maya Kalinowski, Jasmine Kan, Vanessa Kang, Nabeeha Khalid, Palakh Khetrapal, Jessie Kil, Alexis Kim, Chris Kim, Hope Kim, Hye Yoon Kim, Jenny JaeMin Kim, Lauren Kim, Lindsay Kim, Lucy Kim, Vera Kim, Aarya Kini, Claudia Kok, Vidhi Kontham, Angelica Kramarski Solarte, Themis Kung, Hoi Man Kwok, Katherine Lam, Brian Lau, Camille Le Bars, Ayline Le Sourd, Haylee Lee, Minjae Lee, Po Hao Lee, Stacey Lee, Chenxiao Li, Hannah Li, Ivy Li, Shaoran Liang, Vivian Liu, Sarah Ma, Rosie Mai, Sachi Mavinkurve, Kamryn McKenna, Shaurya Mehta, Cristina Miquel Garrido, Haley Moore, Hannah Moran, Graeme Mounsey, Syrus Mow, Sabrina Nacmias, Viviann Nguyen, Chloé Nini, Smitee Oberoi, Talita Ozkok, Surya Pande, Shruti Pathak, Kelly Peng, Aayushi Pitta, Zoey Poole, Kiara Putrilia, Anjali Raju, Luca Repola, Gustavo Reyes Rivera, Rand Rivera, Mariko Saji, Virajini Sanghai, Sofia Santana Arrezola, Sarah Saroufim, Noor Selim, Noah Schwadron, Dhruvil Shah, Zil Shah, Anna Sham, Lakeisha Esthetique Sharonina, Carly Shelton, Mengqi Shen, Vanessa Shimon, Alex Vinicius Silva, Arjun Sivaprakasam Thamilarasan, Hajin Son, Yi Song, Alexander Soukakos, Aarya Srikumar, Hannah Suh, Minsoo Sung, Yuka Tamura, Cynthia Huiwen Tan, Sidhya Tikku, Raquel Trevino, Sophie Tsang, Sabrina Tseng, Yuico Uchiyama, Gianna Waldron, Serena Wan, Haotian Wang, Yi Wang, Yichen Wang, Yingjie Wang, Victoria Winter, Sage Won, Sora Wong, Shiyao Wu, Tong Wu, Qian Xiang, Faith Xue, Tong Yu, Helen Zhang, Jinyi Zhang, Xinyi Zhang, Yixiao Zhao, Yufan Zhao, Haiyu Zhou, Yining Zhou, and Feiya Zuo.

Designed by 908A (E Roon Kang and Andrew LeClair)

Published by Draw Down Books and Parsons CD, 2024

Softcover, 292 pages, offset, color images throughout, 6.6 × 9.5 inches

ISBN: 978-1-7334744-4-3