Eric Bao

Candidate for BFA in Communication Design, emphasis in Graphic Design, at Pratt Institute. 

Previously at:

Architecture (Virgil Abloh Archive)
Takeda Pharmaceutical
Northeastern University

Work:

Semantic Echoes
The Fashion Society
Relay
National Park Posters
Playground


Research:

Bao, E., & A.J. Naddaff. (2023) “Assimilation of anti-ideological motifs from Underground Comics into mainstream media: a Case of the Boys.” Abingdon, United Kingdom. The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.

Bao, E. (2023)  “Piece de Resistance of the Free Press: Social, Political, and Economic Protest in French Independent Comics Post-1968 Movement.” North Andover, Massachusetts. Brooks School Press.


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Semantic Echoes

Semantic Echoes is a series of 15 postcards which seek to challenge how we percieve the English language.

These postcards quantify the emotional perception of words through three scales: Valence, the positivity or negativity of the emotion, Arousal, the intensity of the emotion, and Dominance, the sense of control or power over the emotion. The scales come from VAD Analysis, a concept borrowed from Computational Linguistics. Using these dimensions, each scale dictates the form of the animation.

These dynamic abstractions are indicative of the strong nuances in the English language that cannot be put into words.

2025
media: 30

The Fashion Society

Visual identity for Northeastern Fashion Society’s annual outdoor flea market. 

2024
media: 2

Relay

Brand identity for Relay, an app to transfer any file across any device or operating system. The dinosaur is named Dumpus. 

2024-25
media: 1

National Park Posters

Investigating ancient methods of storytelling, sites community congregation, and human expression through petroglyphs and ancestral indigenous iconography. 

2025
media: 4

Playground

A compilation of disjointed works, one-offs, and “for fun” projects.

Includes: poster comissions, 3D work, motion graphics. 

2024-25
media: 13