Security Magnet

Kelly Guo

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

Archive

Branding, Campaign
2024

Security Magnet is the branding of places that skaters are forddbiden to skate, but proceeds to anyway. Public infrastructures propose challenges to those in the skate community that skate parks do not offer. Security Magnet not only brands these forbidden areas, but also brands the spirit of skate culture: rebelliouness and care-freeness.