In today‘s turbulent technological climate, it is prescient to look towards history for indications of the future. The deliberate mass killing of the American Buffalo nearly caused the species to become extinct. This campaign of destruction was hailed as a necessary step forward. Without their livelihood, American Indians were forced onto reservations, assimilating and conceding power to the government.
Recent advancements in Big Tech are killing critical thinking to enable increased data collection, manipulation, and exploitation. Deregulation and misinformation campaigns show shocking parallels between injustices of the past and today’s rapid growth of technology.
Unfolding over three days at the University of New Mexico, Techward Expansion is proposed as a forum of discussion between experts and media figures with differing opinions about the difficult choices future prosperity obliges us to make.
The striking triptych of posters features a life-size random arrangement of woodblock letters merging with computer keys. Stretching across the black bottom band is a train track, a reminder of technology‘s omnipresence in both prosperity and suffering.
The posters were displayed at the Fashion Institute of Technology‘s Graphic Design Triptych Show in December 2025 and subsequently selected for extended viewing in two additional locations on campus.
Client
Academic Brief
Location
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY
Service
Publicity
In today‘s turbulent technological climate, it is prescient to look towards history for indications of the future. The deliberate mass killing of the American Buffalo nearly caused the species to become extinct. This campaign of destruction was hailed as a necessary step forward. Without their livelihood, American Indians were forced onto reservations, assimilating and conceding power to the government.
Recent advancements in Big Tech are killing critical thinking to enable increased data collection, manipulation, and exploitation. Deregulation and misinformation campaigns show shocking parallels between injustices of the past and today’s rapid growth of technology.
Unfolding over three days at the University of New Mexico, Techward Expansion is proposed as a forum of discussion between experts and media figures with differing opinions about the difficult choices future prosperity obliges us to make.
The striking triptych of posters features a life-size random arrangement of woodblock letters merging with computer keys. Stretching across the black bottom band is a train track, a reminder of technology‘s omnipresence in both prosperity and suffering.
The posters were displayed at the Fashion Institute of Technology‘s Graphic Design Triptych Show in December 2025 and subsequently selected for extended viewing in two additional locations on campus.
Client
Academic Brief
Location
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY
Service
Publicity
Photo by Stacy Huang
O-scale drawing of a section of track.
The grid is derived from the train track.
