CARRIE KUO
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Carrie Kuo is a multidisciplinary graphic designer from Southern California, currently based in New York City. She is pursuing a BFA in Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. Her practice explores the intersection of analog processes and digital tools, resulting in thoughtfully crafted design.

When she’s off her laptop, she enjoys crocheting, visiting art galleries, and sipping a cup of hot coffee.

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Bit-By-Bit Typesetting, Experimental Print

Bit-By-Bit  
2025

᪥ Typesetting
᪥ Experimental Print
᪥ Analog Systems


An analog typesetting stencil that draws from the logic of punch cards, where a system of holes encodes information, and from 8-bit pixel fonts, in which simple grids generate letterforms. I was interested in how minimal units can produce both function and beauty through repetition.

Combining these influences, I designed a circle-based type system that serves as the template for a hole-punched stencil. Using pencil and paper, I manually typeset a poster of lyrics from Ella Fitzgerald’s “Blue Skies.” The final composition contains 29 words and 124 letters and took five hours to complete. The time-intensive process foregrounds labor and patience, transforming digital logic into a slow, physical experience of making.





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