HYPER.TXT
The 2026 Boston University Graphic Design MFA Exhibition takes its title from a file extension. Hyper.txt evokes the language of early computing: plain text, unstyled, foundational. At the same time, it gestures toward hypertext and the logic of linking, where one idea opens onto another and meaning unfolds through connection rather than sequence. By pairing “hyper” with “.txt,” this exhibition proposes a productive tension: “hyper” suggests acceleration and intensity, while .txt conjures simplicity and directness.
The twenty-three Graphic Design MFA candidates whose work is featured in Hyper.txt design within a networked field. Their projects do not operate as isolated artifacts but as nodes within larger systems of research, material exploration, and cultural inquiry. Posters, books, installations, and experiments move between concept and form, bridging personal investigation and shared discourse. Ideas branch outward; methodologies intersect; visual languages cross-reference
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Animated posters promoting the MFA exhibtion
We Are Here is a project that connects the corruption protests in Bulgaria to my outcry for lack of representation for all designers that fall outside the Western norm. This banner became a part of my MFA graphic design thesis exhibition, serving as a capstone project to this thesis book. It is written in Bulgarian Cyrillic: “Where are we? We are here! Give voice to us!” It is inspired by the chants and signage of the Bulgarian protesters, but also by Bulgarian calligraphy.
