top of page
ARCHIVE-2026-001/015
MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition - PART I
Sample is an experimental clothing design project that transforms discarded garments into documented, limited-run pieces.
Each piece begins as a thrifted, pre-owned blank and is screen-printed by hand as one of one "samples;" a term used in fashion for test garments that are often rejected, over-produced and thrown away before reaching consumers.
By treating the sample as the final product, sample reverses the logic of fast fashion and highlights the systems of desire, production and waste that drive modern clothing culture.
The collection combines industrial graphic language, satire and cultural reproduction to question how value is manufactured.
This exhibition introduces the first release:
ARCHIVE-2026-001/015
April 10-27 2026 - Guest House LA Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
THE LOOK-BOOK
MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition - PART II
Serving as the editorial archive of Sample, the Lookbook documents the complete collection through fashion photography, product imagery, process documentation, and graphic design. Moving from finished garments to their origins, each spread presents the work with deliberate restraint, allowing white space, sequencing, and industrial branding to establish rarity without explanation.
Rather than functioning as a catalog, the publication becomes an extension of the brand itself, preserving the project's visual language while documenting the systems of production, consumption, and rejection that shaped the collection.
April 10-27 2026 - Guest House LA Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SAMPLE SALE
MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition - PART III
Concluding the Sample project,
Sample Sale transformed the installation into a functioning retail environment where every object became part of the brand system. A temporary storefront displayed limited-run garments, publications, totes, process artifacts, surveillance graphics, and archival material within a taped architectural grid that blurred the boundary between exhibition and commerce.
Rather than presenting work as static objects, the space invited visitors to participate in the economy it critiqued, demonstrating how branding, storytelling, and graphic design can operate simultaneously as installation, experience, and sustainable business model.
May 15-17, 2026 - Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
ONE OF ONE SAMPLE
Hand-Thrifted / Screen-Printed
bottom of page