Kelly Guo
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Kelly Guo is recent graduate from Boston University, earning a BFA in graphic design with a minors in business and innovation & entrepreneurship. Originally from Brooklyn, NYC, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2021. Her work explores the interplay between experiences and joy. Drawing inspiration from cultural traditions and childhood nostalgia, she invite viewers a moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate the beautiful messiness of simply being human. Through a practice of designing interactive components her work encourages audience participation and fosters a sense resonance amongst people. 
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Selected Works
Adumbrate
Unburrowing Time Capsules
Po Sum On

Thesis
Light as Air, Heavy as Time
2025 BFA Thesis Branding

Client Work
Gelly (MIT)
Spheric Bio (MIT)

Exhibition / Installation
Sown Together
BU Beach Wishing Tree
Modular Alphabet
Community Installation

Branding / Campaign 
Security Magnet
GovBall
Multiple Formats

Posters
I Love  / I Hate
Boston Out Loud
Alphabet Posters

Publications
Order In Chaos
Kelly’s Animated Personas
Studio Ghibli Cookbook
On This Day

Social Media
Pentel of America


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I Love I Hate



Interactive Posters
2023
 These interactive posters explore my love/hate relationship with ballons. As a symbol of festavity and joy, their existance is shortlived. 

I hate poster is made in constriction with the themes: 17th century poster, no color, distribution, one font, shiny

I Love poster is made in constriction with the themes: Interface, things on page 176, funny, intanfible, elastic
I Love poster incorporates movable velcro parts for the viewer to rearrange the composition freely while finding different layers of humourous commentary on the designer’s relationship with balloons.